Field telephone ¿ NAVY or USAAF?

[jagdpanzer]

Hello, a friend of mine send me this field telephone from "Base Naval de Rota", he says me that it can be from Naval force or Air force, and don´t have any idea from age. Anybody know something about it?

All liks are dead. drt

Thanks a lot
Alex.

[Bob Hudson]

We know it's not from the AAF because the label has a ZIP code on it and those were first introduced in the 1960's.

 

As you know, Rota is - or was, I don't know if it's still around - a US NAVY base in Spain. There was a small US Air Force contingent there, but it's mostly Navy. This phone could have been used by any miltary service, but if it did come from Rota then is most likely was Navy property.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Rota,_Spain

[hawkdriver]

Doesn't look military to me. The label hints to civilian, no NSN or contract numbers, military stuff rarely has the civilian company name and address like that. The wire post do not look like anything I have ever seen in the military, those look civilian. Unless there is some other markings that identify it as military, I wouldn't think it as such.