Indoor / Outdoor

Storage Methods & Results

The following is a unique study

of some fine artifacts in the

Depot 41 Museum Collection

juxtaposed to their less-than-pampered counterparts displaying the effects

40 to 60 year's worth of Arizona weather

and various other forces had on them:

  Indoor        Outdoor

                              

K-11 Computing Gunsight

Popularly used in B-24 Turrets.

 

Stainless Steel Exhaust Clamps

(engine type unknown)

 

Emergency Hand Axe

commonly known as a

Crash Axe

In the hands of

Sales-Storage Depot No.41 workers,

Crash Axes were accessory to all

sorts of aircraft maliciousness.

 

Cable Tensioner

 

Fluorescent Lamp

Pointed at instrument panels, these Lamps caused the dials

to glow with great intensity.

Seat Belt

left: with a January 1945 inspection date

right: Buckle remnants long after having experienced furnace hellfires

BLINKER

Oxygen Flow Indicator

 

Norden Bombsight

Turn Control Knob

Did a Bombardier ever guide his ship over

Axis territory using the device on the right?

 

T-30 "Throat" Microphone

...Refer to any flying episode of the

12 O'CLOCK HIGH television series...

 

I.F.F. Radio

Destruct Switch Box

Contrary to legend, the I.F.F. Radio was the

only equipment in USAAF bombers containing an explosive charge designed to prevent its falling

into enemy hands.

Lower Ball Turret Main Electrical Cable

Up until a just few years ago, the broken and severely-corroded Assy on the right was in pristine condition like the one on the left, but it and several others were found stored outdoors in an open-top 55 gallon drum.

 

photo credits this page:

Depot 41 Photo Archive