Sextant Kit, Aircraft, Type A-10A, Fairchild Camera Lancaster The aircraft altitude and speed

The aircraft altitude and speed was entered on the rear of the sight

0-450 amps

California) dated Nov 19

Measures ~3 inches diameter and 5 inches deep

but we have found it in the flight manual of the F-94C Starfire Fighter dated 1957

Sextant Kit, Aircraft, Type A-10A, Fairchild Camera Lancaster The aircraft altitude and speedA very nice, working, WW2 vintage aircraft A 10A bubble sextant in its original wooden case with mounting hook and battery power accessory for nighttime illumination used for celestial navigation. Used across many versions of US Army Air Force aircraft with navigator crew during the era, such as bombers B 17 Flying Fortress, B 24 Liberator, and B 29 Superfortress, and transports C 46 Commando, C 47 Dakota, and C 54 Skymaster. The sextant would be