dinomartino1
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Type H-3, United States Navy
General Textile Mills, Inc.
United States Navy Type H-3 protective flying helmet. In April 1951, the H-3 became the standard issue flying helmet for the service. The helmet was an update of the Type H-2 and featured a "breakaway" protective shell to enable rapid removal from an injured aviator.
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.
General Textile Mills, Inc.
United States Navy Type H-3 protective flying helmet. In April 1951, the H-3 became the standard issue flying helmet for the service. The helmet was an update of the Type H-2 and featured a "breakaway" protective shell to enable rapid removal from an injured aviator.
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.