GENUINE RAF (RED ARROWS)
Mk2 "BONE DOME" Flying Helmet
1970-71 Season
A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN A GENUINE & SUPERB (RED ARROWS) Mk2 "BONE DOME".
Flown during the 1970-71 display season in the Folland Gnat aircraft then used by the team.
The helmet is attributed to the Late-Great Squadron Leader 'Bill Loverseed" Team Leader of The Red Arrows 1970-1971.
I met Bill myself at RAF Woodvale in 1970 during a Press Day special display.
The helmet is in well used condition with plenty of knocks and scrapes having for many years been used as an RAF recruiting 'tool' in various places and at various air shows and displays. It was finally sold off as a charitable donation many years ago. The visor screws at left end of the visor need replacing but overall the helmet is clean and complete having had the normal "interservice green" inner electrical and webbing conversion and general mod' common to 99% of all operational helmets of the period. All "white" RAF Mk2 helmets are very scarce and seldom seen for sale at all. Used also on many of the types being flown at the time such as The Lightning, Vulcan and the Phantom etc.
A WONDERFUL ITEM OF GREAT HISTORICAL INTEREST
( Much sought after I will guarantee that you will not see anything like this again in a hurry !)
(SOLD)
(10% of the sale price of this item will go the the R.A.F.A. )