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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date 1944 Country of Origin United States of America Type AVIONICS-Radar/Electronic Warfare Physical Description Prism-shaped packet of thin strips of aluminum foil, wrapped in thin brown cardboard, then tan paper as outermost layer. Unwrapped to display chaff. KEEP LEVEL or chaff will spill out. Originally cataloged as 1 of 8. Dimensions 3-D (each, typical, 141g): 30.5 × 8 × 3.6cm, 0.1kg (1 ft. × 3 1/8 in. × 1 7/16 in., 0.3lb.)
 Materials Paper
Aluminum
Adhesive
 Inventory Number A20050470003 Credit Line Gift of Dr. Fred Whipple Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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