Hello everyone.
Today we will continue where we left off last time, looking at IJN late model flight helmets for winter!
332 Lieutenant Zenzaburo Aizawa of the unit.
It is said that this late model used sharkskin, cloth, paper, and lamprey eels, in addition to goatskin, due to the shortage of supplies toward the end of the war.
In addition to rabbit, nutria, angora species, and dogs were used for winter fur.
It can be said that white fur was most commonly used in this late model.
Let's take a look at various late model flight helmets！
Original（Rabbit fur）
Original（Rabbit fur）
Reproduction（Angora）
Original（Nutria）
Reproduction（Rabbit fur）
Turning engines at night, of the 332nd, Gekko 218. (J1N, Irving)
Lt. Maniwa (right) and 1st Sgt. Nagano.
Captain Uematsu just before boarding.
He is wearing a white rabbit-fur late model flight helmet with a felt receiver visible in his left ear.
At the Matsuyama base in the spring of 1945.
Commanding Officer of the 343rd, Colonel Minoru Genda, and Flight Chief Yoshio Shiga.
At the Matsuyama base in the spring of 1945.
Flight Chief Yoshio Shiga.
In the next issue, we will introduce the "sun flag" in the last image to identify friend from foe.
See you soon!
Have a nice day!
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