Identifier
2011-09-0159-04
Title
Pilot's leather flying cap
Type
Personal Equipment
Description
Leather flying cap with chin strap with buckle. Two zipped ear covers with foam inserts. Internal plastic ear covers. PL side of hat reads: A.Cocks 1707.
Coverage
Medium
leather cap, metal attachments, plastic, cotton velvet, thread, foam
Format
445 x 321 x 240 mm
Provenance
183 Squadron. Mr A R Cocks was a pilot of Typhoon- a fighter bomber armed with cannon and rockets. (info from provenane sheet).
Date
Second World War, 1939-1945
Audience
Case 52
Source
Cocks Marcia Cocks (wife of pilot)
Date Created
2015-10-27