Two Volume Series on WWII Survival Equipment of USAAF and US Navy

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Survival & Rescue Equipment of World War II - Army Air Forces and U.S. Navy Vol. 1
(Elm Grove Publishing - October 30, 2019)
by Dustin Clingenpeel
262 pages - hardcover
$65

Survival & Rescue Equipment of World War II - Army Air Forces and U.S. Navy Vol. 2
(Elm Grove Publishing - October 16, 2019)
by Dustin Clingenpeel
250 pages - hardcover
$65

"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 1 in this series focuses on flotation devices carried in aircraft and worn by pilots and aircrew members, including life preservers and life rafts (multi-place and one-man types) and their accessories, as well as airborne lifeboats. Featuring over 1000 photographs and detailed descriptions including developmental history and government contract information on all known models produced. An indispensable 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."

"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."

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."

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