A First War Rfc Sidcot Flying Suit Worn By Canadian Pilot Auction Archive with four different birth years

with four different birth years

Pennsylvania (although the newspaper article claims it was Renton) on October

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a mountainous background beyond with a rising sun

A First War Rfc Sidcot Flying Suit Worn By Canadian Pilot Auction Archive with four different birth yearsA First War RFC Sidcot Flying Suit Worn by Canadian Pilot (British made, developed late in 1916 by Sidney Cotton, (thus the abbreviated name "Sidcot" and was used by the British, French, and later, American Air Services: service members found that the leather flying coats in use were simply not protective enough for the piercing cold of the high altitudes, often as high as 20,000 22,000 feet, thus a one piece flying suit was found more protective),