Box Kite
Maker and role
Hoffman Radio Corporation, Manufacturer
Production date
Circa 1940s
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Object detail
Accession number
1967.141
Production period
Description
Box kite salvaged from the Liberator crash at Whenuapai in 1943, the aeroplane taking Japanese interns/refugees to America. These kites were used to fly an aerial from a rubber life raft, to enable the user to radio for help. Came in a long cylindrical metal tube. Made of yellow cotton fabric around thin hollow aluminium rods. There are two kite sections - each has four aluminium ribs with cross-rib extensions that open up to form a box kite. One of section has instructions printed on the kite fabric. The kite was used in conjunction with a "Gibson Girl" transmitter.
Marks
H-R*30 Printed
KITE M-357-A Printed
KITE M-357-A Printed
Media/Materials
Collection
Credit Line
Hoffman Radio Corporation. Circa 1940s. Box Kite, 1967.141. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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