1933 Pattern Raf Straight Zip Flying Gloves (Gauntlet-Style) Auction Special training camps were set

Special training camps were set up

and Fanny Callender

during their visit to Canada in the summer of 1927

Down volunteered for submarine service on January 16

1933 Pattern Raf Straight Zip Flying Gloves (Gauntlet-Style) Auction Special training camps were set1933 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