2-715-329 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Lea Bridge Rubber Works Ltd - Aircraft Section', 1941. Advertisement for a company that manufactured items used by the British armed forces during the Second World War: 'barrage balloons, parachutes, rafts and dinghies, flotation gear, Mae Wests'. A 'Mae West' was a nickname for a personal flotation device (PFD) or life jacket. From "The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition, by World War I flying ace Major Oliver Stewart. [Country Life Ltd, London, 1941]