More about the P-1 series helmet and rare Gentex DH-5

The P-1B flight helmet is priced at $2,250 OBO and the DH-5 at $3,250 OBO - don't be afraid to make an offer. It is hard to find a P-1 series helmet in this condition and the DH-5 (also apparently known as the DH-5-3 flight helmet ) looks to have been worn very little.

Both helmets have the same provenance coming from the estate of a career US Air Force pilot. I'm trying to put together his history: I got a lot of his stuff but very little paperwork. I have three early flight logs which show he started civilian flight training in 1945 while still an enlisted man in the Army Air Force. He started flying in the USAF in 1953 and quickly worked his way through the L-21, T-6, T-28 and then by November 53 he was flying a B-25 for multi-engine training. His flight helmets probably date from his time in B-57's (with the 34th Bomb Squadron, where he also flew the B-26 Invader) and B-66's: he racked up more than 1,000 hours in the B-66, including time with the 84th Bombardment Squadron in England. He later flew C-130's and C-141's and had more than 500 hours of combat flight time in Vietnam.
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