WWII USAAF Type A-4 Navigator's Dead Reckoning Case by The Leather Specialty Co.
WWII USAAF Type A-4 Navigator's Dead Reckoning Case by The Leather Specialty Co.
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Description
This is an original WWII U.S. Army Air Force Type A-4 Navigator's Dead Reckoning Case. It was manufactured by The Leather Specialty Co. and its official nomenclature is the "CASE, NAVIGATION, DEAD RECKONING, TYPE A-4, SPECIFICATION No. 94-40258, STOCK No. 8330-080820, CONTRACT No. AF-33(038)-29936". This would have originally held in its various internal compartments a series of tools, instruments, books and manuals issued to navigators aboard aircraft such as the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
Provenance
Personal Collection of Chelius Carter
Condition Report
This case is well used; the leather straps show signs of damage, and the stitching has failed in a few areas.
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