Jacket, Life

Production date
15 Mar 1941
 Description
A German life jacket made of a hard wearing canvas-type fabric. The jacket has a small gas cylinder for inflation on the right facing side near the bottom and a black rubber tube for manual inflation higher up. It can be fastened by a series of straps. A manufacturer's tag written in German features prominently near the top of the neck portion. " F/o H.W. McLeod 603 " and "C.H. Lattimer" is handwritten on the reverse.
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Object detail

Production date
15 Mar 1941
Production place
Germany
Classification
Water Transportation - Accessory/Water Transportation/Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
Credit line
This life jacket was obtained by Flight Officer H. W Mcleod from a German pilot who was shot down over Malta in 1942 or 1943. Malta was one of the most intensively bombed areas during World War II.
Accession number
A77.315
Collection type
Social History

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