[Milsurplus] War Assets Administration

[William Donzelli]

> Do you know if the wallet was US aid, or private donation, or both?

The latter, but I would not be suprised if government money somehow
entered the picture.

> Surprises me just a little bit, since Israel fought the war of 1948 with
> some pretty makeshift and sketchy armaments. I think, if i recall,
> they had both Spitfires and Messerschmidts (limited numbers) in
> their small airforce.

Yes, but like the radios (BC-348s, BC-611s, ART-13s), those planes
were the better bits to come out of WW2. They were not fighting with
Brewster Buffalos.

I still have some of Arthur's notes he made (typewritten, too),
outlining lots to bid on from the golden age of surplus. I wish I
could have saved more - the man kept records on basically EVERY piece
of surplus he purchased. Hundreds and hundreds of pounds of old
catalogs and his notes and invoices and things.

--
Will