Helmet Parachutists, RAF instructors display team helmet

[Jerry B]

Thanks James for adding to this thread.

[carpediem]

Thanks for sharing Jerry! A neat addition to your collection! Thanks for the well written post too!

[Jerry B]

Thanks for sharing Jerry! A neat addition to your collection! Thanks for the well written post too!

Glad it was of interest to you. So many allied items just flop on this forum, sadly IMO.

[kradman]

Forgot i had these two at the back of the Garage

[Jerry B]

A fine pair Krad.

I notice one has poppers for the oxygen mask. The blood group and naming on the other is interesting to see.

[kradman]

True Jerry i think the mask fittings were on the later helmets but not sure ?

[Jerry B]

True Jerry i think the mask fittings were on the later helmets but not sure ?

Not sure but I think it is for use by pathfinders, but perhaps all the later examples had them as you say.

[Composite]

I've just finished watching a TV documentary which included a small section on the Falcons.......and guess who was wearing an identical helmet to this red one when he did the five mile sky dive?.......John Noakes!!!!!

[norweginblue]

Further to the conversations about the Parachutists Instructor Helmet and the info already here, can l add some extra info that my recent purchase has brought to light. It seem that the label from all previous examples indicated that Helmets Limited were the only producer of the helmet in question, however my example states that a company with the H.l.S. Ltd. initials also made them in 1994. Now my question is .. who was H.l.S. Ltd ? And asLsowhy don't we have a helmet designation like every other military use helmet has, e.g. M1976, Mk7, Mk6A etc....