A close-up view of a Federal Offense Warning relating to the damaging or disabling of aircraft.

A close-up view of the warning sign, possibly at Anchorage International Airport. The group arrived there on the afternoon of 21 July. The sign stated: "WARNING / FEDERAL OFFENSE / DAMAGING OR DISABLING ANY AIRCRAFT LOCATED ON THIS AIRPORT BY STEALING RADIOS, NAVIGATION EQUIPMENTS, AUTOPILOTS, ENGINES, PROPELLERS, FUEL, OR ANY OTHER PARTS IS, IN MOST CASES, A FEDERAL OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY FINES UP TO $10,000, IMPRISONMENT FOR 20 YEARS, OR EVEN DEATH, IF SUCH A THEFT CAUSES AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN LOSS OF LIFE. / THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WILL BE NOTIFIED.

Object details

ID: PM11750/9
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sharp, Ivy
Date made: 21 July 1996
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Ivy Sharp Collection
Measurements: Overall: 25 mm x 36 mm