United States Navy (USN) Type H-3 protective flying helmet; yellow fiberglass outer shell; cotton canvas and leather padded lining; leather and cotton canvas chin strap with steel buckle adjustment, chamois chin pad; black rubber edging; leather tabs with two steel snaps for oxygen mask attachment; boom microphone; rubber insulate patch chords with bayonet connection for both headphones and boom microphone; decal of gold naval aviator wings applied to front of helmet. Created by 2015 NASM Mass Digitization Production Project (Ortery system) Date Created 11/18/2015 Source National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Keywords Aviation; Equipment; Flight Gear; People Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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