![]() Parkerized magazines are from the rebuild programs.Īir Corps Ithaca's are a very neat variation and are especially interesting when the story matches the shipping documents.Ī total of about 13,000 Ithaca's were shipped to the Air Corps so it's neat to find one where the info all jibes. The correct magazine for it would be L (Little), S (Scovill), or R (Risdon) marked on the top of the toe and full blued. Atwood.so FJA would be correct for all Ithaca's. The primary function of the staging fields was processing and equipping heavy bombardment crews for departure overseas and preparing B17, B24 and later B29's for combat.Ithaca pistols were produced in the Rochester (NY) Ordnance District under the Army Inspector of Ordnance Colonel Frank J. ![]() It was in a 1350 gun shipment to Kearney, NEB.The pistols listed as staging stock were for issue to pilots and other flight personnel being processed for movement overseas. " Bob,Your pistol was shipped Jto the Ordnance Property Officer, Army Air Base Kearney, NEB and is listed as staging stock for Air Crews deploying overseas. It worth the time to do as much research as you can.īelow is the information I received 5 years ago: I was offered $1700 for my Ithaca 5 years ago by a collector that had seen it and wanted it for his collection. The Ithaca 1911A1 I have was shipped to an Army Air Corp Base where crews were being staged for overseas deployment in WW2 which coincides with the story from the previous owners widow, it was her late husbands sidearm when he went to SOPAC, he was a bomber pilot. Ithaca manufactured 1911A1's are the only ones shipping records are available for, that I know of. ![]() ![]() The serial number may give you some indication of where the pistol was shipped from the Factory. ![]()
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