scrooge
December 20, 2015 at 7:08 am

Ammunition Boxes

Hi, I have 3 of these:

With this style of inspection stamp:

Can anyone point at a maufacturer or aircraft type?

By the way, that is an open topped 4 above the A inside the V.

Thanks

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By: scrooge - 20th December 2015 at 21:41

Thanks, the closest I could find quickly was a P-38 stamp, but it was slightly different. Someone has suspected Ventura at some point as there is a masking tape tag on one that reads ‘possibly Ventura’. If anyone has a pictue of a Ventura and/or Hudson box, please put it up or pm me.

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By: 43-2195 - 20th December 2015 at 18:58

Not P-38

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By: windhover - 20th December 2015 at 17:02

Looks very much like a Lockheed/Vega stamp.
Lockeed Hudson, Ventura, P38 Lightning; or, from Lockheed’s subsidiary, Vega… B-17 Fortress.
More probably the Hudson.