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WW2 U.S. Army Air Force Uniforms, Aviation Clothing, Helmets, Hats, Oxygen Masks, Flying Equipment, Aviation Maps, Aviation Survival Equipment, etc., as available. |
| Type A-9 Flying Helmet, With Leather Cups To Accommodate Receivers | |
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2AAF-21. The A-9 flying helmet was standardized in 1941; it’s constructed of, a medium weight, olive colored gabardine material. The A-9 was, officially and unofficially, modified in many different configurations to accommodate various receivers and oxygen masks. This example has five black metal hooks to attach the A-9 & A-10 oxygen mask, as well as four black metal snaps on the left side for attaching other masks requires snaps on one side. Each side of the helmet has an open russet leather ear cup, with two black snaps to accommodate receivers. The backside has three tan cotton web goggle retaining straps, the center strap is permanently sewn to the helmet on each end; the two side straps are sewn on one end and have an olive green finished snap on the other end. The light brown leather chinstrap is padded with a thick white shearling where it would come in contact with the wearers chin; one end of the chinstrap is permanently sewn to the helmet and the opposite end fits into a, fairly large, black painted buckle. The underside of the leather part of the chinstrap is hand inked, “Lt. Dan F. Loyd,” and has other numbers that are not completely legible. The interior of the helmet is unlined and has white shearling padding in the area of the ears; there is also a black cloth label with silver/gray lettering, which is marked, “Type A-9, DWG. NO 42 G 6861, AC Order No. 42 6329-P, Property Air Force U.S. Army;” there is also a small, “Large,” size label sewn onto the bottom inside edge of the neck area. The exterior, interior and all of the components are in excellent condition. No soil, rips, tears, holes or other damage. Very nice. Unused. Excellent. $110.00 |
| Dead
Reckoning Computer Type AN 5835-1 |
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2AAF-22.
The “Dead Reckoning Computer” is basically a slide rule that could
multiply, divide, find Altitudes, air speeds, proportions and solve
vector problems. Used by pilots, bombardiers and navigators. This
specimen is marked, Order No. (11-107) 44-10669, Manufacturers Part No.
100, J.B. Carroll Company.” Light signs of age, use and light soil;
the thin wire loop, for attaching a lanyard, has surface rust from
storage. A nice example. Vg. $39.00 |
| Navy / Marine Corps AN6540 Leather Chamois Lined Flying Helmet | |
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2AAF-M23. Heavy, shearling lined, brown goatskin leather flying helmet with reinforced seams and three, heavy leather, goggle retaining straps; two of the straps have brown painted snaps. Communications equipment includes ANB-H-1receivers made by “Joyce Electric,” the receivers are set into large, black rubber housings; they are connected with their original wiring harness and have a black red PL-540 jack plug. The helmet is fitted with two brown painted metal buckles to accept oxygen masks. The adjustable brown leather chinstrap is lined with a brown velvet cloth protector; there are surface cracks on some parts of the leather chinstrap. The interior is completely covered with cream-colored chamois and has large padded chamois ear pads for comfort. The black and gold cloth label reads, “Size Small, Contract No. N288s 20505, Slote & Klein.” The two adjusting laces are still present and the neck flap and forehead visor have not been cut or altered. The exterior and interior are in superb, unused condition there is only the slightest and insignificant signs age from very light handling and, possibly, trying on the helmet from time to time. A beautiful example. Unused. Near mint condition. $250.00 |
| AN6530 Goggle | |
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2AAF-24. One-piece gray rubber face cushion, chamois lining, matte silver-plated metal frames with clear curved lens and early, tube type, ventilators. The metal frames have an adjustable center hinge which is stamped A-N6530. The stitching that attaches the cushion to the frame is intact and sound. The metal frames exhibit minor signs of storage age and have very tiny dark rust peppering, as well as a few spots of slightly heavier peppering and rust spots, (mostly insignificant, nothing overly detracting or damaging). The light gray colored cushion is soft supple, clean and intact. The chamois lining on the backside of the face cushion is soft, unsoiled and completely intact. The light gray elastic headband is in near mint condition; it’s clean and has retained all of its elasticity; the headband metal buckle and metal end hooks are also in excellent condition, they retain 99.5% of their original finish. The checkered end ferrules retain 99.5% of their bright silver-plated finish. The lenses are clear and unscratched. A beautiful, unused, example that would be difficult to upgrade. Unused. Excellent+. $325.00 |
| Early Example Of An AN-H-15 Flying Helmet - No Receivers | |
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2AAF-25. The AN-H-15 summer flying helmet was standardized in 1943, it is constructed of, unlined, khaki colored, “Byrd” cloth, which is a tightly woven windproof, poplin like, material, with a, short, chamois lined visor; the helmet has large black rubber mounts, on each side, for installing ANB-H-1 receivers. This early example has two snaps on each side, which are affixed directly to the cloth material. There are three leather goggle retaining straps on the back side; the leather has a light, pea-green colored finish; the center strap is permanently sewn on each end; the two side straps are sewn on one end and have a black finished snap on the other end. The light, Pea-green finished chinstrap is padded with a thick cotton suede material where it would come in contact with the wearers chin; one end of the chinstrap is permanently sewn and the opposite end fits into a gray/green painted buckle. The interior of the large black rubber mounts are heavily padded and have a chamois covering for comfort, (there are two small holes in the left chamois pad), the interior forehead area is chamois lined, as well. The remainder of the interior is unlined and has a black cloth label with gold lettering, which is marked, “Size Large, Contract No. W288s-27405, Slote & Klein, Inc., (some of the letters are worn and not completely legible). The exterior fabric exhibits moderate, even, soil from handling and use; the leather goggle straps are lightly aged and worn; the green finish is lightly worn and flaked in some spots. The interior exhibits light age and less soil the exterior; the chamois is moderately soiled from light use and storage. Chinstrap padding is moderate to heavily soiled from actual use. The cotton material has partly pulled away from the snap, for the goggle retaining strap, on the back right side; still an excellent representative example at a very reasonable price. The exterior would rate about Vg-; the interior is Vg or better. $39.00 SOLD |
| A-14 Green Rubber Face Piece For Army Air Force A-14 Oxygen Mask | |
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2AAF-26. A thick green rubber face mask in excellent condition inside and out; the rubber is not dried, cracked or damaged; it does exhibit surface soil and dust from years of storage; it will clean to near mint condition. The rubber is impressed, on the front, “Demand Oxygen Mask, Type A-14, Large,” and the sides are marked, respectively, “ Property Air Force U.S. Army, Spec. No. 3163, (wartime dated),” and “Bulbulian, The Ohio Chemical & Mfg., Co.” We have several in size Large and size Small. Unused. Excellent. $35.00 SOLD |
| Type A-11 Intermediate Brown Leather Flying Helmet - No Receivers | |
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2AAF-27. The A-11 intermediate flying helmet was standardized in 1943; it’s constructed of, brown cape leather with a, short, fold down visor and a chamois lining. The helmet was used throughout the war and was well liked by aviators. The helmet has very large black rubber mounts, fitted onto each side of the helmet for installing ANB-H-1 receivers. This example has five, reinforced, snaps on the left side and four, reinforced, snaps on the right for attaching various oxygen masks. There are three, brown leather, goggle retaining straps on the back side; the center strap is permanently sewn on each end; the two side straps are sewn on one end and have a, small, black finished snap on the other end. There is a short horizontal adjusting strap with a blackened buckle that runs along the back bottom edge. The brown leather chinstrap is permanently sewn to a blackened metal “D” ring that is sewn onto the helmet on the left side; the right side has a quick release buckle with a thick leather tab. The interior of the large black rubber mounts are heavily padded and have a chamois covering for comfort; The remainder of the interior is lined with smooth chamois and has a black cloth label with gold lettering, which is marked, “Type A-11, specification No. 3189, Size Large, Stock No. 8300-396010, contract No. (33-038) AC3173, Fox Chase Knitting Mills, Inc., (I. Miller Parachute Division), Property, Air Force U.S. Army. A, small, strong and clear Army Air Forces winged star logo and the words, Army Air Forces is stamped on the chamois lining at the top of the right earphone pad on the inside of the helmet. The helmet has a, small, strong and clear decal depicting the Army Air Forces winged star logo and the words, Army Air Forces on the exterior brown leather, just above the left black rubber earphone mount. The exterior leather exhibits light to moderate signs of age, as well as moderate to heavy signs of wear to the brown painted surface, (in some spots); however, 90% pr more of the original brown finish is intact. The leather is moderately soiled mostly from storage; the leather is soft and supple, the stitching is tight and completely intact; no exterior rips, tears, holes or other damage. The brown leather chinstrap is intact, it’s quite soiled on the chamois side from perspiration and the chamois is dried, cracked and lifting in some spots along its length. The interior chamois lining is soiled and ranges from moderate to heavy soil in some spots that would normally be exposed to heavier use. The interior chamois lining in the area of the neck is heavily soiled from perspiration, chamois is dried, cracked and lifting on the left side; the right side is just heavily soiled. All of the metal hardware exhibits moderate age, as well as surface wear, minor deterioration to some and insignificant verdigris to others. This example has been moderately used but well taken care of; it’s completely intact, except for the chamois deterioration; the exterior finish can be greatly improved with brown shoe polish. A very sound and worthy example. The Interior would rate about Vg-; the exterior is Vg or better. $115.00 SOLD |
| NAF 48490-1 U.S. Navy Headphone Cushions | |
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2AAF-28. Approximately 4-inch wide x 4-3/8-inch high, oval headphone cushions. The exterior is constructed of, semi-soft, black rubber; the inside is soft, smooth, cream-color chamois. The center hole is approximately 1-3/4-inch in diameter and has a recessed lip to securely hold receivers. The rubber is embossed, “NAF-48490-1, TOP,” and has the letter “T” within a circle, which is the mark for, The Tyler Rubber Company, 10 Railroad Street, Andover, Mass. The black rubber is soft and pliable; the chamois is clean. Overall condition, like the day they were made. $22.00 Pair. |
| Powder Puff Pads For Inside WW2 Army Air Forces Flying helmets | |
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2AAF-29. Two, 3-1/2-inch diameter, cream-colored, velvet-like “Powder Puff” pads used for padding inside WW2 cloth and leather flying helmets. These are actual woman’s powder puffs, manufactured for the government during WW2; the puffs were usually hand sewn on the inside of flying helmets, in the area of the ears, where the earphones were installed; the puffs afforded the wearer a modicum of comfort while wearing the flying helmet for long periods of time. This pair is in unused condition; they exhibit very light and insignificant signs of age, as well as light, to near moderate in some spots, storage soil, (much cleaner in person than they appear in the image). Vg+. $16.00 For the pair. |
| Army Air Force Non-Folding Machete With Blade Guard – By Case Cutlery Company | |
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2AAF-30. Army Air Force non-folding machete by, W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company, Bradford, Pennsylvania. A heavy duty, Non-folding machete designed for Army Air Force bailout, survival situations. The 10-inch, blued blade is deeply stamped, “Case XX;” the blade has been lightly sharpened, it retains 90%, or more of the original factory bluing that is won to the base metal on the highlights. The blade exhibits some light pitting near the rounded end and along the top edge; tiny to small black spots and light surface scratches throughout. The walnut grip is secured with four blackened steel, flat head rivets; the finish on most of the rivets is worn, in spots, to base metal; there is a rawhide lanyard through a hole in the grip, for that purpose. The grip has some darkening on the pommel end, as well as light to moderate, bumps, scuffs and nicks associated with light to moderate handling, use and storage. The machete comes with its, removable, black painted metal blade protector, which protects the user from the cutting edge; the protector appears to have been re-painted at some time. A very nice example. Vg. $125.00 SOLD |
| Type A-9 Flying Helmet, No Provision For Receivers | |
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2AAF-31. The A-9 flying helmet was standardized in 1941; it’s constructed of, a medium weight olive colored gabardine material, the early helmets were constructed without provision for receivers. This example has five black metal hooks to attach the A-9 & A-10 oxygen masks; the backside has three tan cotton web goggle retaining straps; the center strap is permanently sewn to the helmet on each end; the two side straps are sewn on one end and have an olive green finished snap on the other end. The brown leather chinstrap is padded with a thick, white, shearling where it would come in contact with the wearers chin; one end of the chinstrap is permanently sewn onto the helmet and the opposite end fits into a, fairly large, black painted buckle. There are two, white, cloth laces on each side of the helmet; one adjusts the fit around the face and the other adjusts the fit at the back of the neck. The interior of the helmet is unlined and has a black cloth label with silver/gray lettering, which is marked, “Type A-9, DWG. NO 42 G 6861, AC Order No. 42 18388, Property Air Force U.S. Army;” There is also a small, “Medium,” size label sewn onto the bottom inside edge of the neck area; the serial number, “C-7312,” is spray stenciled, using black paint, on the inside back of the helmet. The exterior, interior and all of the components are in excellent condition. No soil, rips, tears, holes or other damage. Very nice. Appears to be unused. Excellent. $65.00 |
| Original Replacement Waistband For WW2 U.S. Navy G1 Leather Flying Jacket | |
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2AAF-32. Approximately 27-inches long x 5-inches wide reddish brown knit waistband for the WW2 Navy G1 brown leather flying jacket. This example is properly knit in a partly tight and partly loose style and has a natural elasticity. A very nice example even if you don’t intend on installing it on a jacket. Excellent unused condition. $24.00 SOLD |
| Type B-6, Brown Shearling Leather, Winter Flying Helmet, No Provision For Receivers | |
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2AAF-33. The B-6 flying helmet was standardized in 1941; it’s constructed of, brown finished shearling leather with reinforced seams and a, short, fold down visor. These helmets were constructed without provision for receivers; however, the B-6 was, officially and unofficially, modified in many different ways to accommodate receivers and oxygen masks. This example has four black metal hooks to attach the A-9 & A-10 oxygen masks, as well as four snaps to attach other oxygen masks, (two of the snaps are attached with a “D” device for quick connecting and disconnecting the oxygen mask). The backside has three brown leather goggle retaining straps; the center strap is permanently sewn to the helmet on each end; the two side straps are sewn on one end and have a blackened brass snap on the other end. The brown leather chinstrap is padded with a thick, white, shearling where it would come in contact with the wearers chin; The end of the strap that is permanently sewn onto the helmet has broken its stitches and is completely loose; the opposite end fits into a, fairly large, black painted buckle, however, the tip of the leather strap, on that end is broken off, (still attached to the buckle). There are two, white, cloth laces on each side of the helmet; one adjusts the fit around the face and the other adjusts the fit at the back of the neck. The interior of the helmet is shearling lined a black cloth label with gold lettering, which is marked, “Type B-6, Drawing No. 42 G 6431, A. C. Order No 42-7036, Property Air Force U.S. Army;” There is also a small, “Medium,” size label sewn onto the bottom inside edge of the neck area. The exterior exhibits heavy signs of age, as well as moderate to heavy signs of wear to the brown painted surface; the leather is moderately soiled mostly from storage; the leather is soft and supple, the stitching is tight, except fro where the chinstrap has come loose; overall no rips, tears, holes or other damage. The shearling is 98% intact; the shearling is soiled and ranges from moderate to heavy soil in some spots that would normally be exposed to heavier use. The adjusting laces are quite soiled from handling and use; all of the metal hardware exhibits moderate age, as well as surface wear to the finishes. There is a spot on the front of the helmet where the original owner had a leather tab with his name on it, only the stitch marks remain, the leather tab is gone. This example has been heavily used but is still completely intact, except for the chinstrap, which can easily be re-stitched; the exterior finish can be greatly improved with brown shoe polish. A very sound and worthy representative example. Good++. $79.00 SOLD |
| Type B-4 AAF Mae West Life Preserver, AN6519-1 | |
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2AAF-34. A pneumatic life preserver that’s constructed of a thick, yellow, rubberized material; the preserver is inflated by CO2 cylinders located on the bottom inside edge of the preserver; pulling two white cords suspended from the bottom of the CO2 cylinder housing activates the cylinders and inflates the life preserver. There are two, black rubber, manual inflation tubes, one on the front and one the backside, each has a twist-open valve; these tubes allow the wearer to inflate or adjust the amount of inflation by blowing into them. The preserver is put on over the head; it has adjustable, yellow woven cotton web, waist and crotch straps with galvanized metal “D” ring, snap hook and adjusting buckles. The front of the preserver is strong and clearly stamped, “Vest --Pneumatic, Life--Type B-4, AN6519-1, Stock No. 8300 – 978200, Date of Mfr. Feb 3, 1945, Order No. (33-038), 45-28663 AF, the Seamless Rubber Company, Property U.S. Government.” The cylinder housings are in beautiful condition, they are intact and in working condition, (no CO2 included). We do not suggest inflating the preserver, as it might compromise the integrity of the seams. The yellow rubberized fabric is in excellent condition, it is soft, supple not dried or otherwise damaged; it exhibits extremely light signs of age from storage, as well as very light soil, in some spots, from years of storage. There are a few, brownish, spots of soil on the backside, (nothing at all of a serious nature). The yellow cloth straps are in excellent condition exhibiting very light and insignificant soil, in some spots; the straps arte not worn, frayed, or faded and all of the metal hardware is in near excellent to excellent condition, as well. The rubber, manual inflation tubes are completely intact and in supple condition, not dried, cracked or otherwise damaged. The CO2 lanyards and black Bakelite grips are clean and in excellent condition. There is a large black area, between the folds of the rubberized material, where an accessory packet, such as shark repellant or a dye marker was once glued, (a normal situation for this vest); the black area does not show when displayed. Truly a beautiful example that is in superior condition. Appears to be unused. I think you’ll, like this one. Excellent. $175.00 SOLD |