Autopilot Turn Controller for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry, B-24 Liberator Smiths "Aircraft Observers" typically were responsible

"Aircraft Observers" typically were responsible for operating the bombing and navigational systems

Army Type C-5

" This signal can also be keyed manually so as to communicate one's whereabouts to searching parties

It is in reasonable yet experienced condition given its age

Autopilot Turn Controller for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry, B-24 Liberator Smiths "Aircraft Observers" typically were responsibleThe 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 of B 24 cockpit showing the location of the A 5 panel). The A 5 system appeared in aircraft manufactured during or before 1943, the year when the Honeywell C 1 system became the standard autopilot system for large multi engine aircraft. Theoretically, the A 5 system may also have appeared in the Boeing B 17