Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Stiff Leather Flying Helmet by Spalding witk Ellington Field 1918 Year Book Brown Bess Musket Parts Vienna-Krakow

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Baker ASN 16086294 was a pilot on the B-24 Liberator TAIL HEAVY and flew 33 successful missions

who had been captured in France during the first year of World War I

Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Stiff Leather Flying Helmet by Spalding witk Ellington Field 1918 Year Book Brown Bess Musket Parts Vienna-KrakowOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fantastic ultra rare example of a genuine WWI Aviator flying helmet is made of a stiff leather, much like the leather shells of the WWI German pickelhaub helmets. Below the stiff leather bowl is a supple leather apron that cover's the pilots neck and upper shoulders. The internal ears are covered with a fabric mesh material and the interior of the entire helmet is lined with a soft cotton canvas. This example is