Original U.S. WWII Mae West USAAF Pneumatic Life Vest by Firestone - January 1945 British Flare Guns ISBN 0 949749 16 8

ISBN 0 949749 16 8

The closely matching trousers are of fine grey leather having exterior belt loops and interior brace buttons (marked Extra Quality) on the waistband and fly

• Tunic (approximately size 38) named and dated December 1st 1942

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Original U.S. WWII Mae West USAAF Pneumatic Life Vest by Firestone - January 1945 British Flare Guns ISBN 0 949749 16 8Original 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, courtesy of a man named Peter Markus (1885 1973). Markus developed his invention in the 1920s and received a patent on it in 1928; in 1930 and 1931 he patented some minor changes to