Wilkinson Sword began to produce flak jackets for bomber crews in 1943 under contract with the Royal Air Force.
The majority of pilot deaths in the air were due to low-velocity fragments rather than bullets.
The Surgeon General of the United States Air Force, Colonel M. C. Grow, who was stationed in Britain, thought that many wounds he was treating could have been prevented by some kind of light armour.
Негізгі бет From razor blades to body armour
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