Solo fighting pilots are now provided with "parachute" rafts complete with paddles, compressed gas, auxiliary air pump, collapsible bailing cup, drinking water, floating S. C. S. signal, sea anchor and bullet hole plugs, all contained in this small seat pack weighing 12 pounds.

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Title:: Solo fighting pilots are now provided with "parachute" rafts complete with paddles, compressed gas, auxiliary air pump, collapsible bailing cup, drinking water, floating S. C. S. signal, sea anchor and bullet hole plugs, all contained in this small seat pack weighing 12 pounds.
Description:: [Information from item housing] Life Boats
Date:: [ca. August 1942]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:: Lifeboats
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 256 x 211 mm
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8k71rs66z
Terms of Use:: Rights status not evaluated.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).

Language:: English
Notes:: Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Life raft
Preferred Citation:: Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):: Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):: Date from item.
Identifier:: 22_10_001414_0041
Barcode:: 39999088103591