Flight Cap
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
notes: label: Description
content: This is a cloth flight cap, normally referred to as a flight helmet. Cloth flight caps were extensively used in the Pacific theater. This simple version was either bought or issued to the donor’s father. It was likely never worn in combat or on military flights as his father was not on a flight crew and served as an airplane mechanic during World War II.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
topic: label: Subject
content: Asian Pacific Americans
label: Subject
content: Asian Americans
label: Subject
content: Chinese Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0268.37
label: accession number
content: 2019.0268
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0268.37
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: textile, metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 cm x 24 cm x 5 cm; 14 31/32 in x 9 7/16 in x 1 31/32 in