Suit, flying

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OBJECT TYPE: military/heavy
DATE: 1939–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2006.0134.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Dark grey fabric one-piece suit [nylon ?] has dark blue-grey fabric lining throughout; plush dark grey pile collar features zip-out dark grey [nylon ?] hood; silver and gold tone metal zippers and snaps; grey moulded synthetic button on cuff; brown leather identification patch sewn to exterior of left breast area; buff colour mfr's label sewn to inside back of suit, below collar.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 153.0 cm
Width: 60.0 cm
Height: 8.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Clothing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Type presumably in used during WWII [1939- 1945].
Canada: Unknown
Function: To provide warmth and basic protection for wearer's body surface; also served to identify wearer.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: '[RCN logo]/ LCDR. R. MURRAY/ R.C.N." stamped into identification badge sewn to suit exterior. Text printed on mfr's label inside suit is faded and largely illegible; "MURRAY" printed by hand in blue ink in lower right of label.
Missing: At least one sleeve cuff button missing from suit; possibly also missing other minor fittings.
Finish: Dark grey fabric one-piece suit [nylon ?] has dark blue-grey fabric lining throughout; plush dark grey pile collar features zip-out dark grey [nylon ?] hood; silver and gold tone metal zippers and snaps; grey moulded synthetic button on cuff; brown leather identification patch sewn to exterior of left breast area; buff colour mfr's label sewn to inside back of suit, below collar.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Suit, flying, circa 1939–1945, Artifact no. 2006.0134, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2006.0134.001/

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