Disk Speed Indicator Mk XV for use with Norden Sight Grumman

Disk Speed Indicator Mk XV for use with Norden Sight GrummanThe Disk Speed Indicator Mk XV was used by WWII US Army Air Force and Navy bombardiers to verify and calibrate the disk speed of the Norden Bomb Sight during flight before initiating the bomb run. The disk speed is the parameter which determined the duration of flight between sighting of the target and automatic release of the aircraft's ordnance. With the bomb sight switched on, the bombardier would affix the top axle to the small female receptacle

See instruction page from the SCR-595 manual in the photo gallery

The outer rim has been painted red and white to denote a preferred operating range

Cosmetic condition is very good

the soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia

The glass is clear and the lettering precise

Six mounted in in various places

Nakajima J1N Bomber Gekko aka "Irving"

is presumed to be WW II era from an aircraft of the Armée de l'Air

The measuring triangle was used to optimize the fire efficiency of machine guns and to calculate distances

and likely used in other bombers such as the Vickers Wellington and Short Stirling

Measures 5 inches by 5 inches by 8 inches long

Type D-1 (also AN5816-2)