A Little Help,B-1 CAP ????????????????

[Anonymous]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0731173436 Just wondering what this is, never seen shades attached, to bill before.

 

[Weasel_Loader]

Very interesting. B-1 or not, I think even the BIN price is fair. Can't beat that fading on the underside of the bill where the shades were.

 

[deand]

Yes, I've seen these before on ebay. My best guess is private purchase, like an L.L. Bean cap. Very cool. Price is pretty fair, agreed.





dean

 

[dmar836]

Pretty cool cap. Never saw them with built-in shades like that. Probably a post-war fisherman's cap or something like that - definitely not issue.
Did you get it?
Dave

 

[Rocky]

I grabbed it.
I had one already but the condition of the one that I had is not nearly as nice as this one. I've seen photo's of pilots wearing them before. One picture that I remember seeing was of a PBY, Catalina pilot.
If any of you have the book by Mick Prodger, "Vintage Flying Helmets", there's a photo of one in there. The one in the book is in pretty ruff condition. This one seems to be in very good condition.

 

[marco77]

So cool with a white t-shirt , A-2 and Ray ban !!!!!
I love the ELC b-1 cap but out of stock !!!!!! :x :x

Marco

 

[dmar836]

Can you post a pic from Prodger's book? Does he describe it as theater-made? Navy is my week spot for sure. You see Halsey wearing a B-1 type cap often. Not sure if there was an "AN" designation.
I smell another project coming on!

Dave

 

[TankBuster]

I grabbed it.
I had one already but the condition of the one that I had is not nearly as nice as this one. I've seen photo's of pilots wearing them before. One picture that I remember seeing was of a PBY, Catalina pilot.
If any of you have the book by Mick Prodger, "Vintage Flying Helmets", there's a photo of one in there. The one in the book is in pretty ruff condition. This one seems to be in very good condition.

Nice grab!! You're right about there being photos of these in use. I'm sure it was a field mod. I have seen a couple others for sale over the years, but not in very good condition.

 

[Rocky]

Here's a picture from the book. The cap was made by Poloroid and was not an issued item.
The other picture is of a WWII issued Navy Visor flight helmet. I've heard that less than five exists. Not sure that is true but they are extremely rare. The only other one that I did see was in a well known collector's collection. That one was a made up faked one.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt20 ... 140421.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt20 ... 140451.jpg

 

[deand]

I've seen one of the first one pictured above on ebay once about a year ago. Went for more than I could afford. Terrific cap! I bet I could fabricate a reasonable facsimile if I just had...






dean

 

[dmar836]

Those look like lenses from the ubiquitous 1021 goggle. Since the 1021 was made by Polaroid, it's quite likely the same. I have quite a few old warped lenses laying around. The smell is getting stronger!