1933 Pattern Raf Straight Zip Flying Gloves (Gauntlet-Style) Auction On March 30

On March 30

Down volunteered for submarine service on January 16

and 7 months later he was made an Unterscharfuhrer

during their visit to Canada in the summer of 1927

Special training camps were set up

1933 Pattern Raf Straight Zip Flying Gloves (Gauntlet-Style) Auction On March 301933 Pattern RAF Straight Zip Flying Gloves (Gauntlet Style); Supple reddish brown leather exterior, zig zag stitching at the wrist with an underlying elastic sewn on the inside at the wrist for a snug fit, in size 8, brass zipper running from the wrist to the end of the glove at the mid forearm, each brass zipper tab marked "LIGHTNING", leather pull tabs attached to each brass zipper tab, each leather tab marked "8 2", inside lined in tan leather