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  • Life Raft Bullet Hole Plug

    Note: This item is currently in storage. This was part of a kit for a life raft carried on an aircraft. Donated by Mr. Duane J. Bonvallet. Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • NF-2 Floodlight Set

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The NF-2 is used to provide a portable light source for USAF night operations in areas where more permanent illumination is not available. Uses include aircraft maintenance, munitions loading and emergency or remote-area lighting. The NF-2 has two 445-watt

  • Gremlin Mascot

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This good luck mascot -- a gremlin -- flew on all of the donor's B-17 missions over Germany from 1942-1945. The crew was part of the 482nd Bomb Group (Heavy). The mascot was made locally by a woman in the village near Alconbury Air Base, England.Although this

  • Flight Wrench

    Note: This item is currently in storage. This flight wrench belonged to the donor's husband, Van. E. Chandler, who joined the Army Air Forces in February 1943 and served more than 20 years before retiring as a colonel. He is credited as being the youngest World War II ace at the age of 19. He also

  • First Minuteman III Launch Commemorative Coin

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This commemorative coin shows an image of a rocket launch and says "First Minuteman III Launch, September 16, 1968, FTM 201."Donated by Ms. Leigh P. Smith and Ms. Sandra J. Burns.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • Fire Suppression Kit

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This 1,000-pound kit was developed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to provide quick aid in fighting aircraft crash fires. The tank contained 83 gallons of water and foam, but when this mixture reached the air at the nozzle, it expanded to more than

  • Field Organ

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This organ was used by chaplains traveling to forward locations to minister to the troops during World War II. Before coming to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, it belonged to the 116th Air Control Wing Chaplain's Office at Warner-Robins Air

  • Day Air Traffic Control Tape Strip

    Note: This item is currently in storage. The donor of this air traffic control tape strip was the co-pilot during the final flight of the C-141 Hanoi Taxi (S/N 66-0177) to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in May 2006.Donated by Maj. Stephen A. Schnell. Click here to return to the

  • Convoy Bob

    Note: This item is currently in storage.Convoy Bob was created as a morale and motivating tool at the Basic Combat Convoy Course for the 2632nd Detachment, 457th Transportation Battalion. He was passed to a new deserving Airman weekly during their training at Camp Anderson-Peters, Texas, for

  • Col. Elmer E. Elmer Teddy Bear

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Col. Elmer E. Elmer teddy bear was the mascot for the crew of the B-29 Deacon Disciples, which was the aircraft broke that the Hawaii-to-Washington non-stop record of 17 hours, 21 minutes.Donated by Col. Charles J. (Deacon) Miller, who was the aircraft