Project 610

Office of Research and Inventions, US Navy

Published by Special Devices Division, United States Navy, New York, 1946

About this Item

Project 610 U.S. Navy Aeornautics, Special Devices, & Research & Invention Division manual. 1st part of book covers the Special Devices History, Organization Charts August-1942, March-1944, July-1945, free & fixed gunnery, bombing & torpedos, horizontal bombing, safty cockpit programs, flight trainers, flight engineer's panel, field & shipboard training, anti-submarine warfare, amphibious training, & Naval Aviation training exhibit at Radio City, New York, special devices numerical device list. 2nd part is The New Yorker Magazine featuring articles from November 11, 18, 1944 about Captain Luis de Florez, Captain Among Synthetics. 3rd part is the CHAIRBORNE SNAFU PAPYPI:AD:NAUSEAM, which features all the naval flag signals from A-Z. 4th part is LIFE Magazine June 28th, 1943, article on Special devices. 5th part is actual typed Navy Department Bulletins "restricted", covers G.I. Bill, education, loans, readjustment allowances, reveiw of discharge & retirement, mustering out pay, Bauer Log. Book features several war & training photographs & men & women in the division. Also included is a original form from Glenveiw Naval Air Station in Illinois, Photographic request. Attached in the back is a slot with 3 vinyl records of "The Marrch of Time presents The Story of Special Devices Captain Luis de Florenz USNR 14 Dec 44". Book is Hardcover, with screw type binder, measures 11 1/2 inches tall by 9 1/2 inches wide, 1 1/2 thick is in very good condition with some light foxing to a few pages and tears to a couple of pages in the rear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Project 610
• Publisher: Special Devices Division, United States Navy, New York
• Publication Date: 1946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very good
• Book Type: book