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    Leather Flight Helmet Without Headphones

    This helmet does not have earphones in it: the "tail" fitting on the back is missing.

    Was this typical? Is this odd?

    regards, Robert
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    #2
    Looks pretty standard except no earphones...were they removed?
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          #5
          Did the Germans ever remove or modify these?
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            #6
            Yep, throat mics and cord were removed. Difficult to say when; if damaged during the war these parts could have been removed to turn it into a generic flight helmet for wear in aircraft with no radio gear
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              #7
              Maybe the vet did it??Billbert

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                #8
                Thanks Gene, for confirming that they were issued wired. Bill, it is sure possible the electronics were removed, and I guess it will be difficult to tell if it was wartime or postwar modified.

                Thanks for weighing in.

                regards, Robert

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                  #9
                  Hi there!

                  I think that the avionic was cut-off after the war. Most probably to de-militarize the gear, as happened to lots of garnment. There's not sense cut the throat mic during the conflict. If someone would get a not-wiring helmet, could pick up an helmet of that type.... But almost all the flight crew, as the period pics stated, wore wired helmet, as they became available.

                  Cheers!

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                    #10
                    Yes you see a lot of these with the electronics missing which would lead me to believe what Frank was saying. Still cool though.

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