Drift Sight, Mk II-B Pelorus, WWII US Navy Aircraft Sally Bomber

Drift Sight, Mk II-B Pelorus, WWII US Navy Aircraft Sally BomberHere is an early WWII era US Navy aircraft Pelorus Drift Sight. A Pelorus Drift Sight is designed to function either as a Pelorus, for taking bearings on objects, or for improving dead reckoning aircraft navigation by measuring the angle between the heading and the track of an airplane. It consists of a small 'telescope' viewing vertically towards the ground, angled toward the direction of the aircraft. When viewing the ground through the scope while

Here is an engine Torque Pressure Indicator

It is a wonderful reference document from that era

Across the inside of the ring are two horizontal

Of clear plexiglas

Indicator ID-92/ARN-6

This is a Gyrosyn Compass Master Indicator Type C

It is labeled Fl

The A-5 Automatic Pilot was used primarily in WWII-era bomber aircraft of the Air Corps US Army such as the Consolidated B-24 Liberator (see photo showing the location of the panel in the B-24 cockpit)

the system was designated AN/ARN-11

part number 200DCFM

25 inches diameter and ~4inches deep

and on the B-29 it was installed on the flight engineers instrument panel