Wheel and Flap Position Indicator, AN5780-T3, 8DJ26AAA Air Forces of USA

Wheel and Flap Position Indicator, AN5780-T3, 8DJ26AAA Air Forces of USAThis is a late WWII era and Post war Wheel and Flap Position Indicator, Type AN5780 3, as used in aircraft of the US Army Air Force and US Navy with tail wheel or nose wheel landing gear, serving both configurations (prior models were dedicated to each configuration). According to the Maintenance Interchangeability Chart dated Feb 1945, this indicator was being used in late models of medium bomber B 26 Marauder, attack bomber A 20 Havoc, and night

Similar to other radio compass indicators used in actual aircraft

5 inches and 3

displaying HP from -500 to 5000 HP at 100% RPM

The Sensitive Altimeter displayed altitude using 3 pointers

the altimeter is an electronic repeater of the information received from the CPU-46A altitude computer

This is a WWII-era direct reading magnetic compass

Here are two packs cigarettes as provided to prisoners of war in Japan during WWII

and some of it has chipped from its pointer (the chips are under the glass

an instruction card

Badges/Emblems/Pins include:

The front cover is discolored and the tabs for each of the 3 sections are worn

The glass has some dust on the inside