Flightpath Posted May 1, 2022 Share #1 Posted May 1, 2022 I finally found an unused WW2 USN aircrew Mark 1 Emergency Flask Kit, it´s in nice condition and complete, not cheap but I only wanted one......... A surprise was finding a small compass and saw blade inside, neither are listed in the contents list printed on the side, Dustin said this was normal....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightpath Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted May 1, 2022 Here is the flask kit with my Hamilton 39102 US Marine pilot´s watch......... 2,926 of these white faced watches were made between 1943 and 1945 for Marine pilots with the rare 18 jewel 2987 movement. (not to be confused with the more common Hamilton 39108 watches with the 987S 17 jewel movement). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Reese Posted May 1, 2022 Share #3 Posted May 1, 2022 Congratulations, great looking collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted May 1, 2022 Share #4 Posted May 1, 2022 Very nice item. Was there some sort of seal on that originally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightpath Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted May 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, sundance said: Very nice item. Was there some sort of seal on that originally? Yes, they had tape around the join at the lid and flask body. There is a rubber seal in the lid, after removing the contents the cap can be clipped back on to form a water flask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted May 4, 2022 Share #6 Posted May 4, 2022 Nice kit Flighpath! You bought is in Aero Antiques? I like you R88-W-800 USMC 39102 series watch. I have similar for my USMC aviator. Beautiful! Cheers, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin Posted May 5, 2022 Share #7 Posted May 5, 2022 One minor correction, these did not have the caps taped or taped lid. That was the purpose of the gasket securing bail, a modified type of flask over its predecessor which was taped closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightpath Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted May 8, 2022 On 5/5/2022 at 10:35 PM, dustin said: One minor correction, these did not have the caps taped or taped lid. That was the purpose of the gasket securing bail, a modified type of flask over its predecessor which was taped closed. Thanks Dustin, appreciate the information.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightpath Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted May 8, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 6:40 PM, jerry_k said: Nice kit Flighpath! You bought is in Aero Antiques? I like you R88-W-800 USMC 39102 series watch. I have similar for my USMC aviator. Beautiful! Cheers, Jerry Military Antiques, Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRdnec Posted May 8, 2022 Share #10 Posted May 8, 2022 nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickBricks Posted May 16, 2022 Share #11 Posted May 16, 2022 very nice! one of those escaped me on ebay not too long ago. The sucrose tabs leaked though and had goo all over the other items so i passed. hard to find, but they do come up, great collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin Posted May 16, 2022 Share #12 Posted May 16, 2022 That is actually quite typical, the tablets leeching like that. And to be honest, I'm partially suspicious about how clean those three tablet packets are in Flightpath's kit. Many years ago, Garcia Aviation reproduced these and were selling them like hot cakes. So beware, I'm not saying the ones in his kit are repros just that there is a chance, but could be wrong in this instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickBricks Posted May 18, 2022 Share #13 Posted May 18, 2022 I never knew that about the repros for this specific kit. Did that company make many others? I checked their site and see nothing currently about any kits. Everything else in the kit looks very legitimate to me from other kits that I have currently with the same contents. The wear on the items like the rust, dents in the meds tube from age, the bullion circle stain on it, matches look legit AF, etc... I do not however have any of the tablets. I know they came in some other kits or a kit that was sealed in metal I believe. That was the only other kit I have ever seen those tablets looking so nice. All other flask kits I have seen they have been pretty gnarly. Perhaps just the correct humidity and temp, etc...? I know some items can survive surprisingly well in 'unprotected' environments. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin Posted May 18, 2022 Share #14 Posted May 18, 2022 They produced them 20 some years ago, I only commented on the tablet rations and did not infer that any other items were not legit. Here is a scenario, empty Mark I flask are commonly around, you get three fake tablet rations, and take a common AAF flask kit E-3C and swap parts and bingo you have a complete assembly. The sulphaguanidine comes from an E-17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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