Bøger af Dustin Clingenpeel

VOLUME 3 in this series focuses on equipment carried in aircraft and worn by pilots and aircrew members for survival on land and at sea, in temperate, desert, jungle and Arctic conditions. Includes first aid kits, rations, weapons and more.

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 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.

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.