Helmet, Aviator's

Object/Artifact

Royal Canadian Military Institute

RAF Type "B" flying helmet Obverse

Name/Title

Helmet, Aviator's

Entry/Object ID

2018.4.5

Description

1936-1941 RAF Type "B" flying helmet. Classic dark brown chrome leather, 13 piece machine-stitched crown/body, vertical panels, plus two distinctive lighter brown zippered earcups for communications receivers. Slit back 13 cm. long with brown leather adjustment strap 3 x 26.5 cm. Right side brown leather chinstrap 2 x 29 cm. Left side brown leather/steel "Bennett" type locking buckle. Interior is light tan chamois with extra padding for earcups. Along lower sides are snap-fastened chamois liner strips above snaps to clip on the Type "D" oxygen mask, each 2.5 x 10.3 cm.

Made/Created

Date made

1936 - 1945

Notes

Date: 1936

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

written below right earphone cover in red paint: "104845" printed in blue ink above left earphone cover: "R97226 SGT.D'ANCIO RV" and left bottom rear "97226" written in red ink on inside right rear lining: "104845" Air Ministry maker's tag on inside crown lining: 4 x 2.4 cms: SIZE 2 A.M. FRANK BRYAN LIMITED LONDON & WORCESTER 1940" accession number tag sewn to right earcup lining seam

Dimensions

Height

25 cm

Width

21 cm

Circumference

43.5 cm