Flight Helmet, Gentex H-4, US Navy, US Marine Corps 1950's B-50

Flight Helmet, Gentex H-4, US Navy, US Marine Corps 1950's B-50Here is an Flight Helmet made by Gentex, type H 4, size Medium, used by pilots of the US Navy and US Marine Corps Aviation during the mid 1950's. According to Andrea Salimbeti's website: The {Gentex} H 4 was a further development of H 3. The rigid shell with reinforcing ridges, in different shape respect to the H 3 model, is constructed of a fiberglass cloth reinforced with epoxy resin. Also for this model a cloth inner helmet which incorporate the

If either of the two glass lenses were shattered during a firefight

it serves no other function and requires no other radar in the aircraft

to correct the altitude reading as required

to obtain an accurate bomb run

used by pilots of the US Navy and US Marine Corps Aviation during the mid 1950's

It is in reasonable condition given its age

and a fixed one in front of him

25in across and ~5in deep

while introduced during late WWII

The anchor symbol of the US Navy appears on the rear of the instrument

Here is a Radio Magnetic Course Indicator which was used in a variety of US military aircraft of the 1950s

F (fighters) and G