Original Items: Only One Available. This is an exceptionally rare Aeronautical First-Aid Kit. During WWII all military aircraft carried first aid equipment. This example is made of coated canvas, which helped protect and maintain the viability of the contents. The front, side, and top are painted with a Red Cross, which we believe to be period. 

In the case of fighter or small bomber aircraft, the Packet, First Aid, Parachute was attached to the parachute webbing of each crew member. On larger aircraft, such as B-17 and B-24 bombers or aircraft carrying paratroopers like the Douglas C-47, one or more larger first aid kits were installed on the aircraft for emergency use. Of particular note is that paratroopers on jump runs were notorious for raiding these first aid kits and liberating Morphine Styrettes and other items. 

The Kit, First Aid, Aeronautical (Medical Department Item No. 9776500), was a canvas bag constructed with four lift the dot fastener (LTD) female connectors on its four corners. LTD studs were permanently attached to the aircraft fuselage bulkhead so the First Aid Kit could be easily snapped down or pulled off for use.

The Kit, First Aid, Aeronautical was issued in a series of patterns. Early in World War II the kit was made of khaki canvas, had a zipper around three sides to fully open the kit, and was marked with a red cross on the left front plus the nomenclature, "Kit, First Aid, Aeronautic, US" in block letters to the right front. A later pattern, which is this example, was of olive drab canvas, with the full zipper, marked only with "Medical Department, USA" in black block letters. A third pattern, believed to be the earliest one, was also khaki canvas, with a horizontal zipper that separated a smaller top compartment from a larger bottom compartment, not the three sided, full opening zipper of the others. Some models, such as this example, had a fabric carrying strap for use when dismounted from the wall.

Inside the bag of the Kit, First Aid, Aeronautical, the contents were held in divided compartments. The arrangement differed in the three patterns but all had multiple dividers for the contents packages plus a sleeve to store the instruments.

Like other first aid kits of the World War II period, the contents of the aircraft first aid kit varied as supplies and technology changed.

Included in this set are the following items:
- Canvas Case with Red Crosses painted on top, front, and side.
- Bottle of Haalzone water purification pills, they have all coagulated.
- Tin of ten Iodine swabs by Handy Pad Supply Co. 9 of the 10 are retained.
- Three SMALL FIRST AID DRESSING U.S. ARMY CARLISLE MODEL in the original boxes by Johnson & Johnson.
- One SMALL FIRST AID DRESSING U.S. ARMY CARLISLE MODEL in the original box by Bauer & Black.
- 1 Bandage Compress 4 inch, Sterilized. July 1942 contract date.
- 10 Vaporole Iodine applicators in box, all 10 retained. By Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
- 1 Tournequit in box by Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
- 1 Eye dressing in box by Burroughs Wellcome & Co.

The zipper is marked TALON and still works great. This is an exceptionally rare Aeronautical First-Aid Kit, missing a good few components but still in great service-worn shape! Comes ready to display.

Idiot Clause - the contents of this kit are pre-1945 manufacture and are NOT suitable for use. They are being sold as novelty collector pieces only.