USALite Angle Head Flashlights

USALite Angle Heads

U.S. Electric Mfg. Corp. (1920-1960's)

On the right is the 1940's USALite angle-head flashlight with the box. First time I have seen the box for this flashlight. The best part of this fine was - the one I bought this from, had three of these with the boxes. So I had to have all three! The boxes do show wear from storage over the years, but they did survive.

This gallery shows the USALite angle head flashlights. Also seen here are the military issued angle heads flashlight, (aka; crookneck flashlight by military collectors). TL-122-A in two versions. The plastic models came after the all metal ones. I now have the TL-22-A, TL-22-B, TL-22-C, TL-22-D flashlights.

Here's one I just got, it was issued before the USALite TL-122A, from my research and what I was told, by someone that knows about militay flashlights. » View Flashlight Here

The information - This is one of the earliest, if not THE EARLIEST, Brass-bodied Flashlights supplied to the USMC and the Army, designated TL-122-A by USALite. This is NOT an example made for the civilian market or a post-war production, but one of the first QMC contracts that USALite rushed out before the model number TL-122-A was required to be moulded into the cast alloy Angle-Head. It's the first I heard about this, but I am inclined to go along with the idea that the branded versions pre-dated the TL-122-A marked bodies.

Source - Paratropper Website

Showing USALite Military Flashlights. The black Navy light uses 3 cells. As far as I know, might be the only military 3 cell regular flashlight made. Well, at least the only one I've seen. Not counting the US Bureau of Mines Permissible flashlights.
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USALite Army and Navy Military Flashlights. The TL-122A Army light came in the box, but the light on the box and the flashlight shown are different. The flashlight has the round lens. The photo on the far right is just like the Navy light to its left, kinda, but has the round lens, and US Navy is not printed on the light. They also made another version at first glance, that did not have Navy printed on it, the end caps, and the switch is different, (fooled me, must have been a long day). These came out in the 40's. The date on the switch is when the switch was pantened, not the flashlight. A lot of folks use that pat. date for the flashlight, which would be wrong.

Here's my last of the USALite Military TL's flashlights below, the B modle). Had no more room in the gallery.

NOTE - Click or tap on the photo of the flashlight you want to see, then you can read the information. Click on another photo, and that one will come up.