Title

Officer's service cap, Royal Flying Corps, ca. 1910s. Creator: Lincoln Bennet Company Ltd.

Caption

Officer's service cap, Royal Flying Corps, ca. 1910s. First World War O.D. billed cap with RFC badge and RAF cloth badge worn over band, owned by Lt. Wes D. Archer. Wes Archer, an American with Canadian parents, joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. He was shot down in 1918. He returned to the United States in 1920 and wrote "Death in the Air: The War Diary and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot".

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A88_203

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,0Mb (2,7Mb) / 15,1in x 12,1in / 4532 x 3626 (300dpi)

Keywords

cap education country flight British headdress color war badge location royal air force Armed Forces century Britain aviation first world war concept headgear Army warfare Air Force head-dress United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution World War I WWI World War One National Air and Space Museum Educational Institution 1910s 20th century air and space museum American America USA 1st World War RAF RFC Royal Flying Corps scientific institution WW1 object united states Archer Heritage Art NASM Wool cotton silk? copper alloy threads fabric leather PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear Lincoln Bennet Company Ltd Lincoln Bennet Co. Wesley D. Archer Wesley D. Wes Archer Wes Lt. Wes D. Archer