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Physical description
electrically-heated liner
white cotton flying overall liner with electrically-heated elements.
History note
Worn by Kevin Paul Weeks RAF when flying as a NAV OPS officer on Avro Vulcans and Handley Page Victors. Squadron Leader Weeks was a navigator with No. 16 Squadron based at RAF Laarbruck flying Tornado GR.1's when he was deployed to Saudi Arabia for the Gulf War (Operation Granby). On 22 January 1991, Weeks was killed in action together with his pilot Squadron Leader Garry Lennox, when their aircraft (ZA467) failed to return from a low-level mission against enemy positions.