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Hi Baz,

 

Hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread to show just a few of my helmets.  Didn't think it made much sense to start a new thread when we already have this great thread that you started.  Shown are four deck helmets rigger made into flight helmets (green, blue, white and brown).  The last is a pre-war one like yours.  I think these are referred to as  Bedford Cord.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.  Hope you enjoy seeing these.

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On 11/14/2022 at 6:01 PM, Scarecrow said:

Hi Baz,

 

Hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread to show just a few of my helmets.  Didn't think it made much sense to start a new thread when we already have this great thread that you started.  Shown are four deck helmets rigger made into flight helmets (green, blue, white and brown).  The last is a pre-war one like yours.  I think these are referred to as  Bedford Cord.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.  Hope you enjoy seeing these.

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Truly outstanding. I love them. The first 2 are my favorite. The green deck helmet may have been dyed green. You are correct, the last one is called Bedford cord and is pre war as you said. The penultimate one has what looks like the rare cloth covered earcups. Thanks for posting those truly outstanding flight helmets. Can't wait to see more

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Hi Tom,

 

These are the only Id'd flight helmets that I have.  They belonged to William Edward Hall MOH winner for his actions at the Battle of Coral Sea.  On May 7th he participated in the destruction of the Japanese carrier Shoho and on the 8th, despite being severely wounded, his citation says he destroyed 3 enemy aircraft.  I have a few more of his items but no uniforms.  (and no MOH or Ribbon).  

The first is his WWII flight helmet.  The MkII goggles were his but I had to replace the pad (I saved it) as it was too badly deteriorated.  The second helmet is his Gentex H-4 from his Korean War service, along with his goggles and his MS22001 Oxygen mask.  Like William Holden in the "Bridges At Toko-RI", he was apparently called back for service in the Korean conflict.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Scarecrow said:

Hi Tom,

 

These are the only Id'd flight helmets that I have.  They belonged to William Edward Hall MOH winner for his actions at the Battle of Coral Sea.  On May 7th he participated in the destruction of the Japanese carrier Shoho and on the 8th, despite being severely wounded, his citation says he destroyed 3 enemy aircraft.  I have a few more of his items but no uniforms.  (and no MOH or Ribbon).  

The first is his WWII flight helmet.  The MkII goggles were his but I had to replace the pad (I saved it) as it was too badly deteriorated.  The second helmet is his Gentex H-4 from his Korean War service, along with his goggles and his MS22001 Oxygen mask.  Like William Holden in the "Bridges At Toko-RI", he was apparently called back for service in the Korean conflict.

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Very nice. Thanks for posting. Could you post more pictures of the WWII helmet?.

  • 5 months later...
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Latest setup. VBF-93 pilot Bill C. Young. Graduated in August 1944. Service number 413992. Was on both uss boxer and uss Hornet.

Helmet is a shearling type with added tc66 earcups and th37 receivers. Goggles and oxy mask are from the same pilot.

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Posted

Nice set up Tom, well done! I like the early war 02 mask.

 

One question why do you snapped o2 mask strap opposite? Or this is only a photo illusion?

 

Take care,

Jerry

Posted
4 hours ago, jerry_k said:

Nice set up Tom, well done! I like the early war 02 mask.

 

One question why do you snapped o2 mask strap opposite? Or this is only a photo illusion?

 

Take care,

Jerry

Jerry, lol. thanks for pointing it out, in my haste i just grabbed the first strap and used it. I will change it. This mask is actually really early for an A14, it is dated December '43

Posted

Be careful when you un-snapped a strap to not pulled out the snap. Cool, great helmet and mask!

 

Take care,

Jerry

Posted
2 hours ago, jerry_k said:

Be careful when you un-snapped a strap to not pulled out the snap. Cool, great helmet and mask!

 

Take care,

Jerry

I will pry it open with a knife. His obituary:

 

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  • 3 months later...
Posted

Just acquired this beautiful M450 with volcano earcups. Everything, including the goggles, came together. I am working on finding a name for the original owner:
 

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Posted

Wow, that is really a magnificent example. Thanks for sharing. 

Posted
On 9/8/2023 at 2:56 PM, warguy said:

Wow, that is really a magnificent example. Thanks for sharing. 

 

Thanks I will try to post pictures of another one today

 

Posted

Next one is a very nice 1092 helmet equipped with volcano earcups. It is name to Robert Keifer who was a pilot with vs-47 (first desigbation on March 1st 1943) and post war he was with Attack Squadron 652 on Corsairs. The helmet came as a grouping with 2 other helmets, a flight suit, squadron patch, gloves, docs...

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Posted

Wow great helmets Tom. What is else inside the footlocker?

 

Cheers,

Jerry

Posted
On 9/12/2023 at 9:38 AM, jerry_k said:

Wow great helmets Tom. What is else inside the footlocker?

 

Cheers,

Jerry

Thanks Jerry, aside from the obvious helmets, there are ranks. 2 pairs of pilot gloves. A lot of pictures, correspondence and paperwork. There is a notebook dated 1942-1943 with very interesting, though mundane, day to day reminders and to do lists. He had a horrendous handwriting though and it is hard to read. There is also a post war visor for a flight helmet that seems to be brand new.

  • 1 year later...
Posted

Latest setup i just acquired. Those are nowxgetting really hard to find. This is a NAF 1092 leather helmet with added AAF earcups secured with chamois. 

 

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  • 2 months later...
Posted

Next up is a nicely modified AN-6542-1 flight helmet. The oxy tabs were removed and in their stead the pilot installed oxy mask strips from the A14 oxygen mask kit. I love those modifications and they do not come up for sale very often. Helmet is dusplayed with a truly NOS pair of mk IV goggles.

 

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