Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-14A, 35,000 ft, US Navy WWII 1537-2F-B Cold War

Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-14A, 35,000 ft, US Navy WWII 1537-2F-B Cold WarHere is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter, Type C 14 (also AN 5761 1), made by Bendix, part number 1537 2F B 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 Sensitive Altimeter

Most uniquely

measuring airspeed from 50-400 kilometers/hour (~30-250 MPH)

clearly made for an Air Corps order

75 inches diameter and ~2 inches deep

This radio set was intended for use in U

This type of Altimeter was used across all aircraft of the Air Corps US Army

this director may be used as an auxiliary gun sight for the airplane's fixed guns by adjusting the director to a position parallel to the center line of the airplane

and turn and bank indicators

Type94 Recon Kawanishi E7K

The dial markings and paint on the pointers have aged

it is marked for the Inboard fuel tank

according to the US Army Air Force's Maintenance Interchangeability Cross Reference Chart dated Dec1943