Pilot Flight Helmet

Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944

Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944

Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944
The Finnish Air Force ordered 500 new (German) style summer flight helmets (Lp/K) and 500 winter flight helmets (Lp/T) from the Friitala leather factory in 1943. The Friitala leather factory had supply difficulties due to a lack of suitable materials during the war. These summer flight helmets did not appear in wartime photographs until the summer of 1944.

This flight helmet is size 57. The inside of the earphones has the user's first name "Risto". The flight helmet is in very good condition, but the plug at the end of the cord is missing. You can add a German plug. I now have two similar Lp/K flight helmets so I can sell this size 57 helmet.

A very rare flight helmet, as only 500 summer helmets was delivered to the Finnish Air Force. How many are left today... An another Finnish collector has two.

If I remember right Tikkakoski based Aviation Museum has three or four (Bristol Blenheim mannequins). Anyway only 500 ever made ;O. The winter version (Lp/T) did not had WW2 service. There exists no WW2 photos of Lp/Ts, only post WW2 photos are showing Lp/Ts in service. Finnish ace story with 36 victories.

This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\Other WWII Original Items". The seller is "lipfertjg52" and is located in this country: FI. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, Japan.


Finnish Air Force Named Pilot Flight Helmet WW2 Flying Helmet Messerschmitt 1944