Leather Flight Helmet with Goggles Used by Gilbert B. North

Title

Leather Flight Helmet with Goggles Used by Gilbert B. North

Creator

Fox Chase Knitting Mills, Incorporated; Utah-Chicago

Date

1939-1945

Description

Leather flight helmet with goggles used by Gilbert B. North. He served during World War II as Army Combat Engineer and Fighter Pilot flying P-47s in Europe and later with Missouri Air National Guard, 110th Fighter Squadron. After the war North came to St. Louis where he worked as a test pilot at McDonnell-Douglas.

Subject

World War, 1939-1945
Helmets
Fighter pilots
Soldiers

Source

Heartland Hub

Relation

https://images.mohistory.org/images/2020-058-0001_0001/medium.jpg

References

https://mohistory.org/collections/item/2020-058-0001

Citation

Fox Chase Knitting Mills, Incorporated; Utah-Chicago, “Leather Flight Helmet with Goggles Used by Gilbert B. North,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed November 15, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/37292.

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