Original U.S. WWII 96th Bomb Squadron AN Mark 4 Aircraft Night Signal Float Light German SS correct and original throughout

correct and original throughout

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Original U.S. WWII 96th Bomb Squadron AN Mark 4 Aircraft Night Signal Float Light German SS correct and original throughoutOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fantastic hand painted WWII Red Devils 96th Bomb Squadron insignia AN Mark 4 Aircraft Night Signal Float Light. It was hand painted as a memento of this airman's time in the service during World War Two. The float light was a smoke producing flare designed to be dropped by an aircraft over open water for drift sighting during the day or night. This type would have been used from the late 1930s through World War