Item:
ONSV7010

Original U.S. Vietnam War Navy Helicopter Pilot Gentex APH-5 Helmet with Felt Transport Bag

Item Description

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a Vietnam War era United States Navy Helicopter Flight Helmet type APH-5 Helmet manufactured by GENTEX in size Large. The helmet is in overall very good condition with headset, boom mic, functional retractable tinted visor and felt storage bag with functional zipper. Interior helmet liner has been removed. The white Navy issue helmet is stenciled with black paint across the front ATKERSON. The original data tag is faded but still present inside the shell and reads: 

8415-782-3037
LARGE
DSA-100-1909
DATE MFD.
GENTEX CORP

This is a rare Vietnam War USN helicopter helmet in very nice condition!

The US Army introduced their first flying helmet, the APH-5A or APH-5 Quartermaster helmet in 1959. It was an adapted version of the US Navy Aircrew Protective Helmet no. 5 (APH-5). The change was mainly in the communications system as the US Army used the same impedance standard as the US Air Force. With the introduction of the APH-5A the number of head injuries incurred during US Army aircraft accidents was reduced by half compared to the number of head injuries incurred before helmets were used.

The early examples of the APH-5A had the same thick foam rubber edge roll as the US Navy APH-5 and usually came in white color. Later examples had thin black rubber edge beading and usually came in olive drab color.

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