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.
Flying Dress Helmet, CWM 19560001-003
Flying Dress Coat, CWM 19800020-305
Flying Dress Boot, CWM 19900100-012
Canada and the First World War
