Pilot Flight Helmet

US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare

US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare
US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare

US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare

Item: US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet. Carries the original HELMET M4A2 / Drawing 20-24-39 / Industrial Canvas Prod. / W-11-022-ORD-1369 AAF nomenclature tag inside. Condition: This helmet is in Very Good Condition. A small spot of fraying in the front corner of the left ear flap.

Some light whitish and brownish spot soiling around the front crown. A few small surface tears and some light loose stitching at the middle top back crown. The right portion of the leather chinstrap tore away long ago and is lost to history. Some scattered spot fraying around each interior ear flap.

Boasts the classic OD cotton covered layered steel shell and hinged ear flaps, sports the original OD canvas web goggle retention tabs at back, and features the traditional OD rayon lining. Historical Background: US Army Air Forces B-17 bombers ran a gauntlet of fire from flak and fighters in the hotly contested skies over Occupied Europe. The M4A2 flak helmet was developed to better protect B-17 pilots and air crews from "ack-ack" while in flight.

The M4A2 was standardized in 1944, and though superseded in 1945, continued to be worn for the rest of the war. The M4A2 was a departure from the M-3 that preceded it and the M-5 that followed it, developed from the leather "Grow" helmet as opposed to the M-1 steel pot.


US Army AAF WW2 B-17 Bomber Pilot M4A2 Flak Helmet Antique Vtg Old Flight Rare