Preserver, life
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1943
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0594.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- B-4
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. canvas; aluminum & rubber tubes & connectors; aluminum & steel fasteners; fabric cords; pouch of dye of unidentified composition
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 69.0 cm
- Width
- 38.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 5.0 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945); date stamps between July 1943 & May. 8, 1945
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
keep wearer afloat in water until rescued if aircraft disabled; dye enhances visibility for rescuers - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ink stamped lettering on front reads: "[logo]/ARMY AIR FORCES/[stenciled] INS 5-8-45/JUL 1943/AN/D37/N.Y.B.C./ACCEPTED/VEST; LIFE [illeg.] TYPE B-4/SPEC [illeg.] 3435/CONFR [illeg.] 29301/NE [illeg.] CORP/PROPERTY AIR FORCES U.S. ARMY"; lettering stenciled on back reads" INSP - 3 - 24 - 44/[illeg.] 3-1-5"; lettering ink stamped on inside surface reads: "MAR 21 1945/Tested & Inspected/WRATSC/[logo]/ARMY AIR FORCES/T.O. 13-1-12 C/W/Date 4-5-44/T.O. 13-1-5 C/W/Date 11-23-43/T.O. 13-1-3 C/W/Date [?]-27-44/T.O. 13-1-17 C/W/Date 5-25-44 WRATSC"; lettering on flap over pouch containing dye reads: "LIFE JACKET/DYE MARKER/TO RELEASE DYE/PULL THIS TAB DOWN"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- predom. yellow-brown; silver fasteners & connectors; black tube
- Decoration
- ink stamped USAAF logo (pentagram between outstretched wings)
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Unknown Manufacturer, Preserver, life, circa 1943, Artifact no. 2001.0594, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0594.001/
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