The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Pair of brown soft leather flying gauntlets with sheepskin lining. They are designed as mittens, but leave the thumb and index finger separate. Around the end is a leather strap with three brass press studs for securing the gauntlets around the lower arm.
This pair of flying gauntlets was issued to the Australian War Memorial by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1929, in response to a request for flying clothing of the type used by the Australian Flying Corps (AFC). They may also have been used by the RAAF during the early 1920s.
Pair of brown soft leather flying gauntlets with sheepskin lining. They are designed as mittens, but leave the thumb and index finger separate. The gauntlets do not appear to be a matching pair, with
Pair of brass-framed flying goggles, hinged in the centre, lined with cotton tape to which a leather outer and rabbit fur lining is sewn. The leather extends in the centre to form a nose guard. There
Australian Flying Corps (AFC) L1 Pattern(?) tan leather flying jacket. This maternity style flying jacket has a high-backed soft stand collar and a waist belt. A short buttonholed strap is sewn to the
Pair of flying goggles with brown leather face piece and slightly tinted glass eye pieces with metal rims. The left side of the leather is stamped in gold 'GOGGLE MASK FLYING MARK II/ THE TRIPLEX GOGG
Pair of Luftwaffe airman's leather flying gauntlets. The gauntlets are of thin brown kid leather with three raised ridges stitched down the back of each hand. There is a leather adjustment strap on th
Pair of Luftwaffe airman's leather flying gauntlets. The gauntlets are of thin brown kid leather with three raised ridges stitched down the back of each hand. There is a leather adjustment strap on th
