Graham E Laucht wrote:
>
> In message <961211201933_101621.3070_JHP207-2@CompuServe.COM>, Peter
> Davis <101621.3070@compuserve.com> writes
> >Royal Airforce Pilot's locker?
>
> I think he may be referring to the WW1 Biggles pattern, full gauntlet
> type, best bet therefore is costumiers or theatrical hire shops.
Well..........as I recall, in WW II (no, I wasn't around for WW
I) we
used a white silk inner glove, over which went a chamois leather glove
with a leather gauntlet glove on top. Not that I recall ever having
used them all at once !
>
> The current pattern is a close fitting grey leather number, cuffless to
> prevent inadvertant opening of firing catches etc. and inadvertantly
> starting a war.
Quite - and these can be bought for civilian use.
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Martin W. Berner,
26 Mayfield Road, Valsayn Park, Trinidad, The West Indies
Live Long and Prosper !
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