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Original British WWII RAF Type C Leather Flying Helmet with Mk. III Goggles & Type E* Oxygen Mask Named to Member of RAF No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron

Item Description

Original Items: One-of-a-Kind. This is a wonderful World War Two Royal Air Force brown leather chamois-lined flying helmet with elastic snap chinstrap. This fine example comes with the original Mk. III goggles as well as a Type E* oxygen mask. The helmet is named on the interior to a member of the RAF No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron, the “Land of Masovia”. It was one of 15 squadrons of the Polish Air Force in exile that served alongside the Royal Air Force in World War II.

This Wonderful Set Consists of:

- WWII British RAF Type C leather flying helmet with integrated headphones marked 10A/13466 and is marked inside:

P2964 F/P.G.HOING 300 SQ.

We can’t discern much of this, but the 300 Sq. certainly indicates issue to a member of the famous Polish squadron.

- Original British Mk. III Flight Goggles. The Mk III pattern was introduced into RAF service in 1935 against stores reference nos 22C/69 and featured curved Perspex lenses, black painted brass frames and wide leather face pads intended to protect the wearer in an open cockpit which was the norm in the 1930's. Despite the pre war design many saw service into the Battle of Britain and beyond. This set is in good shape and is marked A (CROWN) M 22C/69 599916/37 on the strap.

- Original British Type E* oxygen mask marked REF. NO 10A/12570 with functional switch. Tube is in great shape with one spot of serious wear. A truly phenomenal set.

A lovely flying helmet set ready for further research and display!

No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron was created On 1 July 1940 as the first such Polish unit at RAF Bramcote, as a part of the Polish Air Forces in Great Britain. As there was a large number of Polish airmen, often with experience in combat against German forces in Poland and France, further bomber squadrons were created by 24 July.

Between 19 July 1940 and 8 May 1945, the crews of 300 squadron flew 3,891 sorties and spent 20,264 hours in the air.

At first equipped with Fairey Battle light bombers, the squadron was re-equipped with Vickers Wellington medium bombers on 16 November 1940. The squadron used several variants, including Mark IC, IV, III and X. In 1941 while the unit was equipped with Wellingtons and flying from Hemswell on "gardening" (mining) operations, the squadron's Intelligence Officer was Michael Bentine, later to become well-known as an entertainer. On 5 March 1944 the unit was re-equipped with Avro Lancaster heavy bombers. It was the only Polish squadron that operated Lancasters, and it continued to use them until the end of World War II (Mk I and Mk III variants).

During the war the squadron took part in most of the notable air offensives in Europe, including attacks on the Germany Kriegsmarine preparing for Operation Sea Lion, also ships such as the German battleship Gneisenau docked in Brest, France, other naval facilities in Wilhelmshaven and its U-boat facilities in Saint-Nazaire, Millennium Offensive on large bombing raids on Cologne, bombing raids on V-weapons sites, D-Day, in support of crossing the Rhine, the Battle of the Ruhr, the bombing of Hamburg, and the Battle of Berlin.

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