bazelot Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share #1551 Posted July 23, 2020 merci Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share #1552 Posted July 29, 2020 Latest and greatest, pre war setup named to Ensign Russell T. Lord. He flew SBD Dauntless dive bombers with VB-98, and served in Bougainville, Truk, and all around the Solomon Islands. He was the CO of VB-98. The April 1944 reports in Fold 3 show that Lord was promoted to LCDR, retroactive to March 1st 1944. Some forum members found a lot of information, including mission reports and I am attaching them to this thread as well. Helmet is nicely named in several locations on the helmet. Looks like this one saw a lot of action. Fold 3 has all the action reports for VB-98 and i attached a few. Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share #1553 Posted July 29, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites
jerry_k Posted July 30, 2020 Share #1554 Posted July 30, 2020 Looks like a nice clean example! Congrats! Jerry Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share #1555 Posted July 30, 2020 8 hours ago, jerry_k said: Looks like a nice clean example! Congrats! Jerry Thanks Jerry, it saw a lot of use but there is no rips or damage to it. I wish it could talk. Link to post Share on other sites
gparlin Posted July 31, 2020 Share #1556 Posted July 31, 2020 This is one of those that just screams at you, "COOL". Great helmet, post war setups are hard to come by and this helmet and grouping is fantastic. Thanks for documenting these wonderful examples for the forum members. Gregg Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share #1557 Posted August 4, 2020 On 7/30/2020 at 7:38 PM, gparlin said: This is one of those that just screams at you, "COOL". Great helmet, post war setups are hard to come by and this helmet and grouping is fantastic. Thanks for documenting these wonderful examples for the forum members. Gregg THank you Gregg. I hope you are doing well in those troubled times. Link to post Share on other sites
gparlin Posted August 4, 2020 Share #1558 Posted August 4, 2020 On 7/30/2020 at 7:38 PM, gparlin said: This is one of those that just screams at you, "COOL". Great helmet, post war setups are hard to come by and this helmet and grouping is fantastic. Thanks for documenting these wonderful examples for the forum members. Gregg I'm doing well thank you. I just noticed that I typed out post war and it should have been prewar setups are hard to come by. Your collection is impressive and really appreciate you sharing them with the collecting community, I should start doing the same. Gregg Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share #1559 Posted August 13, 2020 Thank you Gregg. It would be a pleasure to see your collection. Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share #1560 Posted August 24, 2020 another one on its way Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share #1561 Posted August 27, 2020 Latest and greatest. Modified deck helmet with tc66 earcups. There is a name on the strap but really hard to read. Helmet has seen a lot of flight time and is soiled just as I like them :). It was modified to fit a smaller head. Link to post Share on other sites
KASTAUFFER Posted August 27, 2020 Share #1562 Posted August 27, 2020 Here are a couple of my new helmets to Major Frank W Stuhlman who flew with VMTB-232 in WWII and VMF-214 In Korea . These are part of a much larger group to include other flight gear, his flight jacket, flight logbooks and other items. He earned a DFC in both wars. These two helmets haven’t been touched since he last wore them. The goggles on the 1092 were attached to it when I got it and I left them as is. !!!! WANTED !!!! WWII Prisoner of War items : Medals, Mail, Diaries, Photos, Documents, Scrapbooks + More WWII Naval Aviation Groupings : Medals, Documents, Scrapbooks, Photos, Flight Logs, Flight Jackets + More Link to post Share on other sites
KASTAUFFER Posted August 27, 2020 Share #1563 Posted August 27, 2020 The AN6542-2 is extremely dirty. He wore it a lot. !!!! WANTED !!!! WWII Prisoner of War items : Medals, Mail, Diaries, Photos, Documents, Scrapbooks + More WWII Naval Aviation Groupings : Medals, Documents, Scrapbooks, Photos, Flight Logs, Flight Jackets + More Link to post Share on other sites
jerry_k Posted August 28, 2020 Share #1564 Posted August 28, 2020 Hi Tom. Looks like a nice helmet. It was white deck? I like a modification to make it smaller. I also found something new: 1067 goggle kit Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share #1565 Posted August 28, 2020 Kurt, those helmets are pretty sweet. Should should post pics of the whole grouping. Is the jacket WWII or korea? Link to post Share on other sites
KASTAUFFER Posted August 28, 2020 Share #1566 Posted August 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, bazelot said: Kurt, those helmets are pretty sweet. Should should post pics of the whole grouping. Is the jacket WWII or korea? Hi Tom The jacket is an M-422A from WWII, but the VMF-214 patch is Korean War vintage. He became a Major during the Korean War, so since his nametag says Capt it could WWII or Korea, but my guess its from Korea. It looks like a Korean War tag. Ill try to lay it all out and take a pic, Kurt !!!! WANTED !!!! WWII Prisoner of War items : Medals, Mail, Diaries, Photos, Documents, Scrapbooks + More WWII Naval Aviation Groupings : Medals, Documents, Scrapbooks, Photos, Flight Logs, Flight Jackets + More Link to post Share on other sites
KASTAUFFER Posted August 28, 2020 Share #1567 Posted August 28, 2020 The boots are Australian and are marked using the same stamping kit used to make flight jacket name tags. The USMC hospital corpsman knife was rigger modified to wear in flight. The scarf is signed by all the pilots from VMTB-232 !!!! WANTED !!!! WWII Prisoner of War items : Medals, Mail, Diaries, Photos, Documents, Scrapbooks + More WWII Naval Aviation Groupings : Medals, Documents, Scrapbooks, Photos, Flight Logs, Flight Jackets + More Link to post Share on other sites
KASTAUFFER Posted August 28, 2020 Share #1568 Posted August 28, 2020 !!!! WANTED !!!! WWII Prisoner of War items : Medals, Mail, Diaries, Photos, Documents, Scrapbooks + More WWII Naval Aviation Groupings : Medals, Documents, Scrapbooks, Photos, Flight Logs, Flight Jackets + More Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share #1569 Posted August 28, 2020 fantastic grouping, i love the modified knife Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share #1570 Posted August 28, 2020 14 hours ago, jerry_k said: Hi Tom. Looks like a nice helmet. It was white deck? I like a modification to make it smaller. I also found something new: 1067 goggle kit Nice goggles Jerry. I don't have one i believe. Link to post Share on other sites
jerry_k Posted August 31, 2020 Share #1571 Posted August 31, 2020 On 8/28/2020 at 9:50 PM, bazelot said: Nice goggles Jerry. I don't have one i believe. Thanks. This are one of the most rarest goggle for Navy aviation I guess... Regards, Jerry Link to post Share on other sites
Matt-M Posted August 31, 2020 Share #1572 Posted August 31, 2020 Great grouping, Kurt. Just missed this one from Scott. Glad it's in good hands. Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share #1573 Posted September 28, 2020 another one on the way Link to post Share on other sites
jerry_k Posted October 16, 2020 Share #1574 Posted October 16, 2020 Tom, some delay at the post office? Link to post Share on other sites
bazelot Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share #1575 Posted October 19, 2020 Latest and greatest. Early AN6540 helmet with small buckles, no brow and the 3 sided side panels. Rare in itself but this one is also equipped with the wwii contracted Aviometer boom mike. Those early boom mikes are very hard to find and I only had 2 setups with that mike installed and all the helmets were later contracts than this AN6540. The chin cup is a modified talker helmet chincup but it was found like that by the seller so I kept it on. Helmet is also displayed with a newly acquired MKIV pair of goggles. Link to post Share on other sites
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