Accelerometer, G-Meter, AN-5745, Hucknall Aerodrome, Rolls-Royce Flight Test A-30 as used in the C-47

as used in the C-47 Dakota Transport with a similar version used in the TBM Avenger Torpedo Bomber

with BU AERO US NAVY embossed in very small letters on the center of its face

MIL-I-7627A

including heavy bombers B-17 Flying Fortress

It has a test label dated Nov 1957

Accelerometer, G-Meter, AN-5745, Hucknall Aerodrome, Rolls-Royce Flight Test A-30 as used in the C-47This instrument seems to have had a very interesting history. This Accelerometer, made by Bendix part number 3413 2D A, has a service tag from the WWII era Rolls Royce Flight Test establishment situated at Hucknall Aerodrome, home of RAF Hucknall north of Nottingham England. The Rolls Royce Flight Test unit tested new engine designs and modifications at Hucknall, including piston and jet powered engines. We might assume that this accelerometer was