Original Korean War Era U.S. Air Force Gentex P-1A Flying Helmet with P-3 Visor Beretta the peacoat had gone through

the peacoat had gone through a number of iterations in the first decades of the Twentieth Century

possibly 24th Battalion

The brass mounts are just as they were from the 1740s manufacture

Picked up off of the battlefield after the fighting was over

and is signed with the names of many friends and family

Original Korean War Era U.S. Air Force Gentex P-1A Flying Helmet with P-3 Visor Beretta the peacoat had gone throughOriginal Item: One of a kind. The P 1, introduced in 1948 and made by Switlik Parachute Co. and Paramount Rubber Co. was the first USAF standard hard flight helmet for fighter aircraft. The P 1 initially used the type HS 38 headset, somewhat later changed to HS 38A. The P 1 shell was constructed of pressure and heat molded laminated cotton duck fabric that had been saturated with phenolic resin (similar to Bakelite). This helmet did not have a fixed