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B.O.A.C. Pattern Life Jacket

SOLD

Code: SOLD-909




By Beaufort Air-Sea Equipment Ltd. Mark. 5C, dated June 1970. Vintage British Overseas Airways Corporation passenger life jacket in orange proofed nylon. Simple over the head @APOS@bib@APOS@ design with webbing tapes to tie around the body. Printed with user instructions in English, French & Spanish. Complete with CO2 cylinder and pull knob (cylinder assumed to be primed and ready to use and would appear to the be the same/similar type used in the Frankenstein MK.4 RAF mae wests); oral inflation tube/valve; Beaufort marked distress/location whistle and original packaging/storage bag. Excellent unused condition with storage soiling/wear only. BOAC merged with British European Airways (BEA) to become British Airways in 1974. Stock code M18300.