Original U.S. WWII Army Air Corps Type E-17 Emergency Sustenance Kit MP 44 Supplies were slow in arriving

Supplies were slow in arriving

(National Labor Service)

Joe flew this 20-mile distance in an impressive 20 minutes

Inside this is a more of the same type of "Russia Braid" interwoven with brown double piping

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Corps Type E-17 Emergency Sustenance Kit MP 44 Supplies were slow in arrivingOriginal Item: Only One Available. Officially known as the United States Army Air Forces "Kit, Emergency Sustenance, Type E 17". Colloquially called a 'personal aid' kit this contained escape and evasion equipment food in two separate waterproof ethyl cellulose plastic flasks designed to fit into a small olive drab canvas pouch separated by an Emergency Signaling Mirror 1 signal mirror (ESM 1). A list of the components and directions for use is