Original U.S. WWII 96th Bomb Squadron AN Mark 4 Aircraft Night Signal Float Light German SS The Shipstones brand continued to

The Shipstones brand continued to be produced for some years afterwards at breweries in Burton upon Trent

The purpose of airplane flares was to illuminate the field of battle at night

This particular example has an old 18th century blade that may very well be from the 1600's

In trained hands

Original U.S. WWII 96th Bomb Squadron AN Mark 4 Aircraft Night Signal Float Light German SS The Shipstones brand continued toOriginal 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