Original Items: Only One Available. This is an exceptionally rare First Pattern 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 is painted with a medical Caduceus symbol over U.S. ARMY next to a Red Cross over ITEM. No. 99517.

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 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. We believe this to be the earliest pattern.

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:

- Rare first pattern canvas case with lift-the-dot snaps stamped U.C.F. CORP / BOSTON MASS. The zipper is TALON and in great working condition.
- Two tubes of Ointment, Yellow Mercuric, Oxide U.S.P.. One tube is broken with the ointment still inside but the other is complete.
- Box for 10 Iodine Swabs, 5 swabs are still inside, most stuck together.
- Small First Aid Dressing, Carlisle Model. American White Cross Laboratories.
- Sodium-Chloride Sodium-Bicarbonate Mixture, 4.5 Gm., 2s. Meant to mix with water and drink.
- Two unmarked packs of likely gauze, small. 
- Red Cross bandage, 1 1/2 “ 10 yards in box, damaged.
- Bandages, Absorbent, Adhesive, BAND-AIDS in box. 9 sealed BAND-AIDs total.
- 2in. Bandage Compresses
- 4in. Bandage Compresses.
- Tourniquet, not in box. 
- Loose bandage roll. 

This is an exceptionally rare Aeronautical First-Aid Kit, missing a good few components but still in great service-worn shape! This is the very first 1st Pattern example we have offered. 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.