Survival & Rescue Equipment of World War II-Army Air Forces and U.S. Navy Vol.2

by Dustin Clingenpeel

Overview

The most comprehensive study ever produced on maritime survival and rescue equipment used by the U.S. Army Air Forces and US Navy and Marine Corps during the Second World War. Volume 2 in this series focuses on the survival equipment carried by pilots and aircrew members, including sea markers, smoke and pyrotechnic signals, mirrors, flashlights and floating lamps, whistles, electronic transmitters and even carrier pigeons, as well as personal aids and sustenance kits, protective clothing and survival training. Featuring over 1000 photographs and detailed descriptions including developmental history and government contract information on hundreds of items of survival and rescue equipment.

An indispensible guide for collectors, researchers and historians. Noted collector and military historian Dustin Clingenpeel has spent over 30 years gathering, examining and documenting survival and rescue gear and researching its history and development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943492619
Publisher:	ELM Grove Publishing
Publication date:	10/16/2019
Series:	Survival & Rescue Equipment of World War II
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

On his 13th birthday, noted collector and military historian Dustin Clingenpeel received the gift of an M1 Carbine and established himself as a collector. 30 years later, having spent the last 20 spent examining and documenting survival and rescue gear and researching its history and development, all aspects of United States WWII memorabilia remain a passion of his.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Distress Signals

Part I. Sea Markers

Part II. Pyrotechnic Smoke Signals

Part III. Pyrotechnic Flares

Part IV. Signaling Mirrors

Part V. Flashlights

Part VI. Whistles

Part VII. Sails and Paulins

Part VIII. Transmitters

Personal Aids Kits

Protective Clothing

Survival Training

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Author’s Note

Index