USAAF - Survival Equipments
Item view Item name Stock no. Manufacturer Date

Vest, Life Preserver, Type B-3
spec. no. 94-3065-B

Yellow rubberized life vest.

8300 978000 - AIR CRUISERS Inc. 1941,1942

Vest, Life Preserver, Type B-4
Life Vest, AN-6519

spec. no. 94-3135

Yellow rubberized life vest.

8300 978200 - GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER Co.
- THE FIRESTONE R. & L. PROD. Co.
- HOOD RUBBER Co.
- UNITED STATES RUBBER Co.
- SEAMLESS RUBBER Co.
- HODGMAN RUBBER Co.
- AIR CRUISERS Inc.
- REPUBLIC
1943
 
1943
1943
1943
1943

1942

Preserver, Pneumatic Life Vest, Type B-5
spec. no. 94-3240

Yellow rubberized life vest.

8300 667760 - GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER Co. 1945
Whistle, Police 6700 997970    
  Light, Attachable, Life Jacket 17-L-11793, Navy    
Lamp Assembly, Flashlight, Floating, Identification, Type A-7   - DAYTON ACME Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)  
Mirror, Emergency Signaling, Type ESM-1
spec. no. 40653
4500 580650 - GENERAL ELECTRIC Co.  
Compass, Wirst Type

Made in brown bakelite an 2 1/4 inches in diameter.

Boussole en bakélite comportant un bracelet en cuir ou en toile.

6200 061700 - TAYLOR (Rochester, N.Y.)
- SUPERIOR MAGNETO Corp. (Washington, N.Y.)
 
Map Case      
Pyrotechnic Pistol, AN-M8      
Packet, First-Aid, Parachute

The kit included a box of "Small First-aid Dressing U.S.Army Carlisle Model sterilized", a tourniquet strap, an envelope of sulfanilamide, and a morphine syrette in a box. The packet was fastened securely to the parachute harness.

Le kit contient une boite de pansement en carton de petit format, un garrot en coton, une pochette de sulfamide et une dose de morphine sous forme d'une seringue. L'ensemble était solidement fixé au harnais du parachute.

9778500    

Kit, First-Aid, Aeronautic

This kit is installed in all combat, cargo, transport, training planes and gliders.

The kit contains tree boxes of small first aid dressing, a tourniquet, halazone tablets, sulfanilamide, adhesive bandage, scissors, ten iodine applicators, a morphine syrette, two tubes of sulfadiazine and an eye dressing unit.

9776500    


Vest, Emergency Sustenance, Type C-1 8300 939600 - AIRCRAFT APPLIANCE Corp.
- LITE Mfg. Co.
 



Raft, Pneumatic, Type C-2
spec. no. 94-40725

Equipement de survie accompagnant le radeau C-2:
- écope en matière caoutchoutée
- ancre de mer en toile
- pompe à soufflet
- bouchons de réparation métalliques (3 pièces)
- éponge en cellulose
- containers en vinyle pour le stockage de l’eau potable (2 pièces)
- bidon de produit anti-rouille
- paire de rames
- mât télescopique en aluminium
- voile
- kit de désalinisation d’eau de mer
- tube pour le gonflage à la bouche
- bâche réversible jaune et bleue
- fusées de détresse M-75 (4 pièces)
- miroir de signalisation Type ESM-1

6600 663350 - HOOD RUBBER Co.  
Raft, Pneumatic, Type A-3
spec. no. 94-40420

The A3 pneumatic life raft was a four man survival raft carried aboard B-24, B-25 and various other light and heavy bombers.

  - GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER Co. (Akron, Ohio) 1943
Kit, Fishing

12 pocket pouch containing fishing line, hooks, and instructions.

     
  Signal Kit, Emergency, Life Raft

Early accessory kits contain one M-8 pistol pyrotechnic and five M-11, 2-star, red parachute signals.
Later kits contain one projector, pyrotechnic and six M-11, 2-star, red parachute signals.

     


Survival Radio, Gibson Girl BC-778D

Radio Transmitter (the same as the AN/CRT-3 Transmitter) carried on aircraft and used in the life raft. The radio has a large belt w/ buckle that holds the radio in position between the legs.

Signal Corps US Army - BENDIX AVIATION LIMITED 1942
USAAF - Emergency Kits
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Container Assembly, Jungle Emergency, Parachute Back Pad, Type B-2
spec. no. 40401
  - CABLE RAINCOAT Co.  
Kit, Emergency Substenance, Type E-3A

Personal aids kit whish consist in a transparente ethyl cellulose flask designed to fit in the shirt pocket.

The contents are as follows: match case with matches, bouillon powder, sweet chocolate, caramels, chewing gum, antiseptic ointment, benzedrine sulphate tablets, halazone tablets, aspirin tablets, hack saw blade, compass and adhesive tape.

     
Kit, Emergency Substenance, Type E-17

Personal aids kits inclosed in a cotton duck container and packed in two transparent ethyl cellulose flasks.

The contents are as follows: signal mirror, match case with matches, tooth brush, compass, chewing gum, hach saw blade, fish kit, fishing line kit, leader kit, sewing kit, bouillon powder, prophylatic, chocolate ration, razor blade, sharpening stone, adhesive compress, adhesive tape, atabrine tablets, benzedrine sulphate tablets, eye ointment, halazone tablets, opthalmic ointment, salt tablets, sufadiozine tablets, sulfanilamide, sulfaguanidine tablets, tinture of iode and tweezers.