flying dress boot
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19900100-012
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, footwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Materials Mammal wool, Mammal leather, Rubber
- Service Component Royal Flying Corps
- Measurements Height 86.8 cm, Length 11.5 cm, Width 30.3 cm
- Caption Cold Weather Flight Suit
- Additional Information This leather flight suit protected air crew in open cockpits from the extremely cold conditions experienced at high altitudes. A set of goggles and a face mask were worn in the winter, but frost-bite was a constant danger to pilots.