LKpW101 flight helmet(s)

[eubank]

Very nice helmets, Paul & Sergey, thanks for showing them.

[werner]

Here are the early flying helmets 100 s and 100w summer & winter. Hope you like them. The winter ones are very hard to find, summer do turn up from time to time, their are both getting hard to find, as the years roll on, hope you like them Regards Paul.

Helllo Paul,

Really impressive.
As you said, those 100's type are really hard to find an the price accordingly.

[Bob Lyons]

Here is a W 101 with a W 100 tag, it must have been one of the early types converted into a W 101.

Lousy photos I did these a few years back, I should do some better shots of it...

Bob

[werner]

Hello Bob,

It's really interesting to know that some 100 were converted in 101.

[eubank]

Very nice flight helmet Bob.
I didn't know of such conversions either.

Can anyone summarise what the technological upgrade difference was between the 100 and 101 ?

[eubank]

.....it is not a trap, i really don't know the answer ....

[Andy F-P]

Here is a W 101 with a W 100 tag, it must have been one of the early types converted into a W 101.

Lousy photos I did these a few years back, I should do some better shots of it...

Bob

Dear all,
This is a bonus! Some lovely flight helmets shown here.

Eubank - The upgrade was essentially about the improvements in the radio equipment housed within the flight helmets. If you take a look at the flight helmet that Bob has shown, this helmet is a really interesting evolution from the 100 to 101. Bob's helmet really is a transitional type that I have never seen before.

Bob's has the set-up for the 100 in the microphone that goes round the neck. Instead of the solid leather piece around the neck shown on your traditional 101 in posts 1 and 2, Bob's has the more flimsy 100 set-up for the microphones. However, he has the earphones of the traditional 101s. Very interesting!

From my experience the 101s started being manufactured in the summer of 1938 and if you look at photos from the early war Luftwaffe, the 101 is becoming more prevalent all the time.
Best regards,
Andy

[Blue Division]

one of the Condor Legion.

[eubank]

Thanks for the explanations Andy

Very interesting helmet Blue, thanks for showing !

[Gene]

I have an LKpS100 that has the 101's leather earcups but the 100's throat mics. It's in storage but if I dig it out, I'll take pics. Lost another 25 posts today!

[Tevion]

one of the Condor Legion.

Great! Is it a W100 or a LKH helmet? (or something else )

Here are my flight helmets.

Best regards,
Lukas

[Blue Division]

Great! Is it a W100 or a LKH helmet? (or something else )

Here are my flight helmets.

Best regards,
Lukas

excellent helmets !! congratulations

mine is ,W100

[eubank]

All Very nice helmets Lukas , particularly the dark brown one, are these dated ?
Cheers

[Tevion]

Thanks!
Yes, all are dated 1937.

1st W100 is 22th September 1937 and the second I think is from October.

Best regards,
Lukas

[Paul Woodbyrne]

Very nice helmets lukas