Original U.S. WWII 96th Bomb Squadron AN Mark 4 Aircraft Night Signal Float Light MG 34 Mounts my father and his regiment

my father and his regiment or group came upon a disabled halftrack blocking a road

The New England infantrymen did battle with the Japanese and the jungle alike

but overall it still has a great patina

and the average time of the series determined from a stopwatch

and given issue number 1382

Original U.S. WWII 96th Bomb Squadron AN Mark 4 Aircraft Night Signal Float Light MG 34 Mounts my father and his regimentOriginal 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