Original U.S. WWII 1944 Airborne Pathfinder PPN-2 Eureka Homing Beacon MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly Some 230 B-24s hit the

Some 230 B-24s hit the Messerschmitt Bf 110 assembly plant at Gotha with a loss of 24 aircraft

the officers and men of the SIXTH Marine Division

the Regiment suffered heavily

It is offered in very good condition and retains its original dark blue paint

In September 1943

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Airborne Pathfinder PPN-2 Eureka Homing Beacon MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly Some 230 B-24s hit theOriginal Item: Only One Available. The PPN series were known as the "EUREKA BEACON" transmitter and were used by Pathfinders during airborne drops to signal and guide the main body of planes in to the drop zones. Rebecca & Eureka formed a system of portable ground based beacons and airborne direction finding equipment initially designed to assist the air drop delivery of supplies to the Allied Armies and Resistance groups in occupied Europe. Rebecca