Spitfire Pilot wearing an Irvin

A lovely modern picture of a pilot flying a spitfire wearing a replica irvin flying jacket.

The True Spirit Of The British RAF

Here is the Pathe clip entitled Spirit Of The RAF,showing exactly what Flight Lieutenant Raymond Baxter was confirming.British Based Spitfire and Hurricane Pilots DID wear their Irvin Flying Jackets in Spitfires and Hurricanes during Air Combat Duties during World War II.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12000

Also,here is a picture i posted earlier in my blog,of a British Based Spitfire Pilot wearing his Irvin Flying Jacket just before he gets into his Spitfire and flies off,while wearing it.He is surrounded by the British Media,who can fully document and confirm he did wear an Irvin Flying Jacket in a Spitfire,and flew,as others did,wearing an Irvin Flying Jacket.The photograph was taken in January 1940.
Here is a link to the site that features the picture.

http://pro.corbis.com/Enlargement/Enlargement.aspx?id=HU014589&ext=1


The British Pathe clip and the YouTube Clip featuring Flight Lieutenant Raymond Baxter,relating how he DID wear the Irvin Flying Jacket while flying in Spitfires during World War II,is absolute 100% proof,that British Based Spitfire and Hurricane Pilots DID wear them when flying.

Raymond Baxter

A couple of clips featuring Raymond Baxter,one shows him in the Cockpit of a Spitfire,while the beautiful Tomorrows World theme tune is played,the other clip is of Raymond on This Is Your Life,and shows Spitfire Pilots Scrambling to their planes,with some of them wearing their Irvin Flying Jackets.I will also include a previous Pathe clip i posted,showing a spitfire pilot getting into a Spitfire wearing his Irvin Flying Jacket during World War II.The Pathe clip is entitled: Spirit Of The RAF.

Raymond Baxter famous Spitfire Pilot of WW2

Here is a video clip of the Highly Respected and World Famous World War II Spitfire Pilot Flight Lieutenant Raymond Frederic Baxter.Lieutenant Baxter was mentioned in Dispatches for his part in Operation Big Ben.Raymond is wearing His Own Wartime Personal Irvin Flying Jacket,and telling people it is what he wore when he flew in Spitfires.

Flight Lieutenant Raymond Frederic Baxter

The famous BBC presenter and commentator Raymond Frederic Baxter,was a distinguished Spitfire Pilot during World War II.He flew in the famous Operation Big Ben,in which a small group of Spitfires made a daring daylight raid to attack the Shell-Mex building in The Hague,which was the headquarters of the V1 and V2 attacks.By the time he was demobbed in 1946,Raymond Baxter had reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
Flight Lieutenant Baxter famously made a BBC show,where he sat in a Spitfire,dressed exactly how he dressed when he flew them.He is wearing His Personal Irvin Flying Jacket,sitting in a Spitfire Cockpit,and telling people that he DID wear the Irvin Flying Jacket whilst flying in Spitfires during World War II.
Here are two pictures of Raymond Baxter and 602 Squadron RAF during the war,and one of him seated in the Cockpit of a Spitfire,during his show,wearing His Personal Irvin Flying Jacket.
Here is a link to the wikipedia page discussing Raymond Baxter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Baxter

Irvin Flying Jackets

A couple of colour photographs of people wearing their Irvin Flying Jackets during the war.

Gilette Elvgren Paintings

Gil Elvgren paintings