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Royal Flying Corps Thigh-Length Boots
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918, London, Hangar Two, 1990/0518/U
Thigh-length sheepskin flying boots – or 'fug boots' – helped to keep First World War pilots and observers warm in aircraft with open cockpits. They were particularly necessary when flying at high altitude.
Royal Flying Corps Thigh-Length Boots
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918, London, Hangar Two, 1990/0519/U
Thigh-length sheepskin flying boots – or 'fug boots' – helped to keep First World War pilots and observers warm in aircraft with open cockpits. They were particularly necessary when flying at high altitude.
Avro Lancaster B Mk III, DV267, close-up of aircrew about to climb on board, 1944
Photographs, In Storage, PC72/203/1
Warrant Officer John Laurens, DFM, Flight Sergeant Les Burton and Sergeants Chris Aitkin, Don Bolt, Ted Royston, Cassian Henry Waight, Davies and Kibble are pictured about to board.
Gloster Meteor NF.14 aircraft of No. 152 Squadron, with Squadron Leader H.L. Jones and crews, RAF Wattisham, 14 June 1955
Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6603/15
Gloster Meteor NF.14 aircraft of No. 152 Squadron, with Squadron Leader H.L. Jones and crews, RAF Wattisham, 14 June 1955
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