Original U.S. WWII Mae West USAAF Pneumatic Life Vest by Firestone - January 1945 Accessories 7500th Air Base Group moved

7500th Air Base Group moved from Stanmore to Denham Studios on 1 October 1953

Purchased by IMA in the early 1990s and discovered recently in our warehouse reorganization

shirt 8th AAF Patch

The Fife is contained in the most marvelous leather-lined

casting & hammering iron for the tools of war

Original U.S. WWII Mae West USAAF Pneumatic Life Vest by Firestone - January 1945 Accessories 7500th Air Base Group movedOriginal 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