Glen E. Bodell, Manual Given to all Firemen. Bechtel-McCone-Parsons Corporation, Aircraft Division. Birmingham, Alabama. 11x8.5" sheets, reproduced from typed originals. Evidently produced by Bechtel-McCone-Parsons, dated from 1943-1945. Offset (?), bound in a two-hole-punch manila binder with metal clasp; home-made typed sticker on the front panel of the folder; 4,6,5,(2),8, 11, 3pp (36 leaves overall). Very Good copy. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their 6mm "LC" perforated stamp on the bottom of the title page, and routing rubber stamp on the back of the title page. $175
This is an interesting bit of internal history for this great and important player in the production of U.S. aircraft for WWII, instructing fire/protection folks how to combat sabotage, espionage, arson, and the different sorts of bombs that may be dropped on them in the progress of the war. To that end there are schematics for armor piercing bombs,"demolition bomb 50 kg 210", and 550-lb high explosive, and a description (with schematic) of "the magnesium incendiary bomb, called in Germany--the Electron or the 'Maggie'".
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