Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M5 Steel FLAK Helmet with Complete Liner and Chinstrap Display Guns & Parts Sets with a Permanent Staff made

with a Permanent Staff made up of seconded Royal Artillery officers and senior other ranks

issued example

although dry as expected

Year of manufacture 1854

77 June 16

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M5 Steel FLAK Helmet with Complete Liner and Chinstrap Display Guns & Parts Sets with a Permanent Staff madeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very hard to find USAAF WWII issue M5 Flak Helmet, in very good condition. It does not look to have been issued or used very much, but it does have a lot of storage wear on the exterior shell, which has removed a lot of the "flocked" coating on the exterior. World War Two American bomber crews in the skies over Europe needed something more than their leather flying helmets to provide them with shrapnel