Regia Aeronautica,flying gear & equipment

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Originally Posted by Paolo Marzetti

Hi Alberto ! Welcome here!! Well I've not too much to say about the latest
posted photo of that summer flying helmet. Almost surely it dates back to the
30's and probably also it is not Italian made, but used for sure by an Italian
hidro pilot.That's all what I know. Cheers, PaoloM

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Hi paolo,ciao!
Could you (or other friends ) show me some picture about R.A. electrically heated flight gloves , and their plug system?
Thanks
Ciao
Alberto

[Paolo Marzetti]

A couple of colour R. Aeronautica photos.Cheers, PaoloM

[Paolo Marzetti]

..In this photo look the mixed flying gear:Italian Marus, German life vests, German flying trousers,
Italian flares leg pouch..! Great isn't it?

Hi All:
New guy here saying hello and asking
a favor. I came across a flight jacket
that caught my attention and would like
your opinion (Paolo et al). Unfortunately,
the listed jacket is located on a rather
infamous website: sn...s.
Please..no flames.
I'm not sure how to link the page in question. But if you google the exact
phrase" "commando caccia" with
commando with two "m"s you'll be there.
Please, only constructive critques and..
'um...err... while there try not to touch
Eva's undies (LOL).

Regards
Scott

[Paolo Marzetti]

Scott, if you put the seller's name in this way, you put Wehrmacht Awards
in difficulties, and I don't think you'll find signed opinions about the item
you mean.We're not judges of anything. We deal with items.Just to be clear!
PaoloM

Newby mistake. Post cleaned up.
No need to get anyone in trouble.
Simple question thats all..Can anyone
comment on that type of jacket?
Black leather, zippered front with
two deep belly pockets. I have yet to see
a photo with a pilot wearing this type.
Contact me offline, Really would like
to know more about this jacket.

Sorry
Scott

[frank savage]

Hi, Paolo!

Originally Posted by Paolo Marzetti

..In this photo look the mixed flying gear:Italian Marus, German life vests, German flying trousers,
Italian flares leg pouch..! Great isn't it?

Great images, one of the Regia Aeronautica's most interesting bunch of pics, by me! Not only because in colour, but even for the lots of interesting gear showed in it.
I'd like to add, to your comment, that the pilot back to the camera wear the tan version of the cloth LW flight jacket (became light gray due the toning that happened sometime to the colour pics), as showed in the other pics own to the same group. He wear also the back type bag of the one-man life raft issued for the LW one-seater airplane.
So, about its whole flight gear, only the visor cap and the leg flare bag came from Regia Aeronautica's kit.

Cheers, Frank savage

[Paolo Marzetti]

Interesting photo: look the special embroidered breast badge of the
dive bombers.PaoloM

[Paolo Marzetti]

Another good colour pic from North African theatre. Cheers,PaoloM

[Paolo Marzetti]

Fiat G.55 fighter plane.Pilot wearing German net fliyng helmet, and Salvator parachute.(Late 1944,RSI ANR air force). PaoloM

[frank savage]

Hi, Paolo!

Originally Posted by Paolo Marzetti

Interesting photo: look the special embroidered breast badge of the
dive bombers.PaoloM

The badge is not for dive bombers, but for 'aerosiluratori' (torpedo airplanes), and the guy on the left is Emanuele Buscaglia, one of the famous flyier of this branch of Regia Aeronautica! The dive bombers badge is completely different, with a winged lightning...

Cheers!

[Paolo Marzetti]

Right, 'aerosiluranti' !PaoloM

[frank savage]

Sure! 'Aerosiluratori' was the guys who was on board of the 'aerosiluranti', the machine that flew that dengerous missions....

Cheers!

[Paolo Marzetti]

Another photo of the same source, with Buscaglia.PaoloM

[quartostormoct]

Ciao Luca hai ancora questa tuta?
Alberto