Identifier
2011-09-0159-05
Title
Pilot's flying goggles
Type
Personal Equipment
Description
Black flying goggles with elastic strap. Metal springs threaded through the cotton segments created the springs. One metal buckle. Numbers '429009' is written on the inside of strap. Black felt lining is used on the inside of the goggles with a leather reinforcing bridge of nose area. A metal plate is borders the goggles at the front and hinges at the top of nose.
Creator
unknown
Coverage
Medium
leather strap and attachments, cotton ribbing over metal springs, felt, thread, metal buckles
Format
195 x 68 x 262 mm
Provenance
183 Squadron. Mr A R Cocks was a pilot of Typhoon- a fighter bomber armed with cannon and rockets.
Date
Second World War, 1939-1945
Audience
Case 52
Source
Cocks Marcia Cocks (wife of pilot)
Date Created
2015-10-28