19-05-19, 07:49 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Originally Posted by Arnhem Jim
Hello Capbadge,
In addition to seeing your newly acquired collection of cap badges also enjoyed the RAF Type "B" Flying helmet, complete with Mk VIII googles and Type "G" Oxygen mask. Have its companion Fleet Air Arm Type "C" helmet comparably equipped, that as I can best recall was partially acquired at Crown Surplus in Calgary, decades ago (1976). See attached image.
Thought you might possibly be interested in an article I wrote for my blog page a few years ago; http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/2013/1...swordfish.html associating my interest in the helmet.
Best regards,
Arnhem Jim (am actually not a new member, somehow my original forum name, Arnhemjim, has rendered me a split personality)
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Hi Jim,
They were newly acquired 9 years ago 
Mick
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