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 | Fleet Air Arm Helmet - Rare, 'C' Type, of unusual design made up in white leather. Complete with Mk VIII Flying Goggles and interesting service history. Both items A/F condition.
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| Flying Helmet - RAF, 'C' Type, 1st pattern, complete with rubber ear cups but unwired.
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| Flying Goggles - Mk VIII, Ref. 22C/930. Grey painted brass frames, tinted lenses, AM stamped, good original backstrap.
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| Instrument/Tool Box - RAF Fitter's, metal and leather. Nicely stamped with King's Crown, AM and dated 1940. On the top, scratched in the lid's paint, is "Knights, Luqa Malta". Luqa was an RAF base on Malta throughout WWII and is now the civilian airport. 27 cm x 11 cm x 9 cm
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| Cigarette Case - silver plated, with mounted RAF Wings with King's Crown. Made to British Patent 302854, dated 1928 – supplied complete with copy of original patent document!
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| RAF Pennant - used on official cars and air sea rescue launches. 30 cm x 55 cm. Very good condition.
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| Mae West Heliograph - WWII, RAF, 1932 pattern, Ref. 6E/271. Nice AM stamping and King's Crown and dated 1940 – could have seen service in the Battle of Britain! Good issued condition.
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| Morse Formation Control Panel - WWII, RAF/FAA, Ref. 5C/3108. Mint unissued condition, complete with canvas cover. We understand this pattern was used in a variety of WWII aircraft, including Lancasters and Swordfish.
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| RAF 'Blue Duster' Ensign - with Union Flag and RAF Roundel. Good flown condition. Various stampings. Date not clear, but could be wartime issue. 83 cm x 61 cm.
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| Propeller Blade - single, cut off at hub, manufactured by Ebora from an unidentified British aircraft of WWI vintage. Original canvas cover to tip, 142 cm, on a period brass display stand.
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| RAF Wartime Log Book - together with an evocative and personal collection of medals and other ephemera - all relating to the flying career of Sgt. C. Mangan - a pilot 'killed in action' in North Africa January 1945, while flying a Ventura.
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| Luftwaffe Aluminum Cup - WWII, stamped with eagle and swastika on base and dated 1942. Liberated from bunker on British Channel Islands (the only occupied British territory in WWII).
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| Thompson Bennett Magneto - RFC issue, broad arrow stamped, complete with handle. These units were mounted in the cockpit of WWI aircraft for the pilot to crank during engine starting procedures. This one still generates a healthy current today!
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| RAF Observer's Parachute Pack - Stores Ref. 15A/141. Stamped with broad arrow and complete with original elastic bungees. Lacking rip cord and chute. Very good condition.
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| RAF Observer's Parachute - WWII, harness and back pad, Stores Ref 15A/144. Stamped with King's Crown and A.M. with yellow Nos. 488 to reverse of back pad. An increasingly rare and complete harness in excellent issued condition.
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| Naval 'C' Type Aviation Headgear - a rare modified first pattern with additional neck flap and full rabbit fur lining. We are advised that this helmet was used by a glider pilot involved in the Arnham landings. We have been unable to reference this helmet and assume it has been tailored to the owner's specification. A possibly unique helmet with history!
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| Civilian Flying Goggles - 1930's pattern, orange-tinted lenses, original card issue box.
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| Luxor Pattern Flying Goggles - clear/tinted lenses, original back strap.
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| Flight Goggles - Luftwaffe, Uvex style. One piece rubber face mask. Aluminium frame. Clear lenses, grey elastic strap. Good issued condition. Also used by German Army personnel.
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| A11 Flying Helmet - USAAF, WWII, fully wired complete with headphones and throat mike.
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