Original U.S. WWII USAAF Mae West Pneumatic Life Vest by Republic - Dated February 17, 1943 Japanese Flare Guns after Columbia

after Columbia

XVIII Airborne Corps planned and executed Operation Varsity

They had been positioned on a hill near where U

Number Hand Fire

The rear of the skirt is faintly stamped with ckl68

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Mae West Pneumatic Life Vest by Republic - Dated February 17, 1943 Japanese Flare Guns after ColumbiaOriginal Item: Only One Available. During World War II the U. S. aviators and the Royal Air Force servicemen had available to them a vital piece of American made equipment for emergencies that had only been in use for a few years: an inflatable (Mae West) life preserver. This very good example is complete and marked (somewhat faded): VEST; LIFE PRESERVER, TYPE B 4 SPECIFICATION NO. 3135 DATE OF MFR. FEB 17 1943 ORDER NO. W 535 AC 29306(8383) REPUBLIC