Hello everyone!
Today, I would like to continue with the IJN's previously introduced Early Type Flight Helmet.
This type of flight helmet has been in use since the Taisho era (1912-1926), and it has been worn for a long time while changing. Along with the evolution of fighter planes, flight helmets have also changed.
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IJN Early Type 1 Summer Flight Helmets | akatonbo123 (ameblo.jp)
IJN Early Type 1 Winter Flight Helmet | akatonbo123 (ameblo.jp)
The aviation pageant held at Haneda Airfield on September 20, 1941.
Female students from the Patriotic Children's Troupe present a bouquet of flowers to a Navy pilot.
The green circle has snaps, but the yellow circle does not.
The type introduced here is the yellow type without snaps.
IJN Early Type Flight Helmet - Simplified Type
Without fur (for summer)
With fur (for winter)
This is what it looks like with and without snaps.
These flight helmets have been slightly modified since they were made in the Taisho era.
In the days when fighter aircraft did not yet have windshields, they were worn with a mask attached to the snaps.
Around 1939, the Mitsubishi Zero was introduced into service. It was thought that the snaps for attaching the mask were no longer needed, since the Zero featured a fully enclosed cockpit.
The one presented here is one of the flight helmets that omitted this no longer needed item and was used until the end of the war.
Usually, reinforcement stitching was applied to these seams (circled in green in the image). However, towards the end of the war, the extra stitching was omitted.
That's all for today!
See you then.
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