21-04-2011, 09:24 AM
Given that 1954 was still a time of post-war austerity, and the RAF like every other sector of society and the miltary was cash-strapped (it was the year that food, clothing, as sweets etc came off ration), I can only asssume that the acculmulators would be for the heaters of ageing 2-volt battery valve gear such as portable commnucations radios. (They were styill using valves, albeit miniature B7G ones) well into the late 1960s for military gear. But apart from the parachute regiment, I'd have thought that portable batteery powered gear (rather than airborne) was more the province of the Army than the RAF. They do look in remarkably good condition, helped by not having had acid in them. Made by Oldham Batteries - remember the TV and press ads from years ago? - "I told 'em Oldham"!
David.
David.
