This M-3 flak helmet was issued to US bomber crews during World War Two. The body of the helmet is similar to the M-1 helmet issued to ground forces but either side of the helmet body has cutouts to accommodate radio equipment worn in the leather flight helmet. This area is protected by a hinged flap attached to either side. The exterior of these helmets are covered with flock paint so if touched with the bare skin at cold high altitudes, the skin will not stick to the metal.

This example is in good condition. There are no major dings or dents and both flaps move properly. Exterior has light surface dirt and wear from age and use. Interior has a very nice OD suspension. Chinstrap and circular pads on the interior of the flaps are missing. Someone has attached decals of a swastika with the word “WEHRMACHT” beneath it on each of the earflaps. This was done post-war.

Item is from the collection of the late Ron Tunison.

Ron Tunison (1947 – 2013) was born in Richmond Hill, N.Y., and was a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. He was a scholarship student at the NYC National Academy where he continued his sculpting studies. He went on to become an internationally acclaimed sculptor of nine heroic bronze monuments: "General W. Crawford," near Little Round Top on the Gettysburg Battlefield, the “Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial" on Steinwehr Ave., the bas-relief "Delaware State Memorial" on Taneytown Road, and "The Gettysburg Civil War Women's Memorial" at Evergreen Cemetery. On the Antietam National Battlefield is Tunison's "Irish Brigade Monument." "The Bivouac" is at the entrance to the Civil War Soldier's Museum at Pamplin Historical Park near Petersburg, Va. "The Delaware Continentals" heroic size bronze of three advancing Revolutionary War soldiers stands atop a twenty-five foot granite pedestal in front of Legislative Hall at Dover, Delaware. At Ringgold Gap in Atlanta, Ga., is Ron's life-size General Patrick Cleburne. Dedication ceremonies for “General John Barry, U.S. Naval Commander”, took place May 10th, 2014 at U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.  Ron was the entrepreneur behind his own company Historical Sculptures, where he sculpted smaller statues.    [ad]

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