Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M5 Steel FLAK Helmet - Complete Spade Grip Assembly The 485th returned to the

The 485th returned to the United States in May 1945 and was programmed for deployment to the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombardment group

Serial number 67192

fired with standard 6

Bore shows rifling

Larger than its NSDAP descendant of 1935

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Bomber Crew M5 Steel FLAK Helmet - Complete Spade Grip Assembly The 485th returned to theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very hard to find USAAF WWII issue M5 Flak Helmet, in very good condition. It does not look to have been issued, but it does have a lot of storage wear on the exterior shell. This has removed a lot of the fuzzy "flocked" coating on the exterior. World War Two American bomber crews in the skies over Europe needed something more than their leather flying helmets to provide them with shrapnel injuries, however