Altimeter, Type C-14A, 35,000 ft, US Navy WWII 1556-2K-A F7F Tigercat

Altimeter, Type C-14A, 35,000 ft, US Navy WWII 1556-2K-A F7F TigercatHere is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter for Parts or Repair, Type C 14 (also AN 5761 1), made by Bendix, part number 1556 2K A as made for aircraft of the US Navy. The C 14 Altimeter was used across a wide number of aircraft of the US Navy and US Army Air Corps, including heavy bombers B 17 and B 24, medium bombers, B 25 and B 26, Fighters P 38, P 39, P 40, P 47, and P 51, and transports C 46 and C 47. BU AERO US NAVY is embossed on its face. The C 14A

and recovered from a crash site in Poland

evidence of a 1958 manufacturing order

the altimeter is reading 10

The E-1 fire control system used the APG-33 or -40 radar to continuously measure the range

Its 48-pages provide interesting detail of the state of operations of the Royal Air Force as well as an in-depth report on foreign air forces

According to the accompanying bulletin

For as sophisticated this gunnery system was

Comet never did not reproduce any of the warships from South Salem

The extension would have had another fitting between the two pieces

We found a chatroom with the following information from "Roger":

It has a few small nicks from its service

part number AW-1 7/8 - 21-AK