For Sale is a Original USN QAC (quick attached chest) Type Parachute Pack & Harness Matched Set named to NAS Akron Naval Air Station. Both pieces named to NAS Akron. Harness is made of white webbing as correct and includes D-Rings and snap hooks no issues. Back Pad is marked NAS Akron. Chute is very fine condition great markings very nicely stamped NAS Akron, also has USN factory markings model Type QAC (quick attach chest). Pack is all complete great markings, has all of it’s bungees except for one but easy to replace, pack has chute but I can not say if attached to pack as I have never had this unpacked and set should not be used to parachute with before being checked out by proper personal. Does not have parachute card remaining. This type of QAC was used by rear gunners, PBY crews, balloon or blimp crews. Excellent set for your USN display. The QAC type harness with chute is chest type chute, pilots and air crew would wear the harness during flight and the chute would be stored in the air craft, if crew needed to bail out crew would attached chute to the D-Rings on the harness chest area. NAS Akron was a Blimp Base During WW2 and these type of chutes harnesses where widely used by blimp crews. The item “USN QAC Chest Type Parachute Pack & Harness Matched Set Complete NAS Akron” is in sale since Sunday, February 24, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Field Gear, Equipment”. The seller is “rilmad” and is located in Spokane, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.
For Sale is a Original USN QAC (quick attached chest) Type Parachute Pack & Harness Matched Set named to NAS Akron Naval Air Station. Both pieces named to NAS Akron. Harness is made of white webbing as correct and includes D-Rings and snap hooks no issues. Back Pad is marked NAS Akron. Chute is very fine condition great markings very nicely stamped NAS Akron, also has USN factory markings model Type QAC (quick attach chest). Pack is all complete great markings, has all of it’s bungees except for one but easy to replace, pack has chute but I can not say if attached to pack as I have never had this unpacked and set should not be used to parachute with before being checked out by proper personal. Does not have parachute card remaining. This type of QAC was used by rear gunners, PBY crews, balloon or blimp crews. Excellent set for your USN display. The QAC type harness with chute is chest type chute, pilots and air crew would wear the harness during flight and the chute would be stored in the air craft, if crew needed to bail out crew would attached chute to the D-Rings on the harness chest area. NAS Akron was a Blimp Base During WW2 and these type of chutes harnesses where widely used by blimp crews. The item “USN QAC Chest Type Parachute Pack & Harness Matched Set Complete NAS Akron” is in sale since Sunday, February 24, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Field Gear, Equipment”. The seller is “rilmad” and is located in Spokane, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.