Original U.S. WWII Air Gunner School M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Liner Brown Bess Musket Parts leaving the destroyer Eskimo to

leaving the destroyer Eskimo to escort Britannic and taking Somali

5' in overall length

Japanese naval aircraft were also responsible for the sinkings of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse which was the first time that capital ships were sunk by aerial attack while underway

Only 5 1/2" in overall length

Took part in the first penetration into Germany by heavy bombers of Eighth AF on 27 Jan 1943 by attacking U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven

Original U.S. WWII Air Gunner School M1 McCord Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Liner Brown Bess Musket Parts leaving the destroyer Eskimo toOriginal Item: Only One Available. The U. S. WWII M 1 helmet was only produced from 1941 to 1945. The Ordnance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan to produce the steel M1 helmet bodies. These bodies were made from a single piece of Hadfield Manganese steel that was produced by the Carnegie Illinois & Sharon Steel Corporations. Each completed raw M 1 helmet shell weighed 2. 25 lbs each. The later M 1 helmet