Original U.S. Sole Survivor of Rescue Boat Crash USAAF Mae West B-5 Aviator Pneumatic Life Vest by General Tire & Rubber Company colts to match either gold (gilt)

to match either gold (gilt) or silver buttons

no research has been able to identify Col

the exterior surface is very much intact

with the following organisation:

The bayonet "frog" is really just a bayonet lug attached to a leather belt loop

Original U.S. Sole Survivor of Rescue Boat Crash USAAF Mae West B-5 Aviator Pneumatic Life Vest by General Tire & Rubber Company colts to match either gold (gilt)Original Item: Only One Available. Beautifully hand painted on the upper portion of this vest by the veteran: Upper Right Side: A. N. DUFFIELD CPLP. 695Upper Left Side: SUNK 7mi EAST OFMITO, JAPANJUNE 9, 1949 On June 9, 1949, 7 U. S. Airmen and 1 Japanese male who was the pilot of the boat, were six miles off the coast of Sendai, north of Tokyo, when their 63 foot rescue boat caught fire. The flames cut off access to the emergency equipment onboard