Original WWII U.S.N. 1942 dated Grumman TBM Avenger Torpedo Bomber Emergency Firing Key Restoration Materials the Sharps carbine

the Sharps carbine

the knife has a simplified "S" shaped cross guard

Many of the existing organizations closed down to avoid this

There is a faded ink stamped size 59 on one of the fingers

To have taken part in three armored assaults in three different days

Original WWII U.S.N. 1942 dated Grumman TBM Avenger Torpedo Bomber Emergency Firing Key Restoration Materials the Sharps carbineOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Bombadier's Emergency Firing Key for the WWII U. S. Navy Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber. This allowed the bombadier to release the plane's bomb load if the pilot could not do so through his controls. Also if the bomber was trying to "Pickle" the torpedo into the ship, the pilot would possibly find it difficult to both fly the plain and drop the payload. The pilot had a very similar control,