Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Navy WWII, Encased Sunderland

Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Navy WWII, Encased SunderlandHere is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter, US Navy Type C 12, made by Kollsman, encased in a wood housing with rubber feet. The C 12 Altimeter was used across all aircraft of the Air Corps US Army and US Navy including heavy bombers B 17 and B 24, medium bombers, B 25 and B 26, Fighters P 38, P 39, P 40, P 47, and P 51, and transports C 46 and C 47, according to the Maintenance Interchangeability Chart dated Dec 1943. The C 12 Sensitive Altimeter

It is attached to a brushed steel stand

and reset by depressing the spring-loaded red knob from its home position

Marine Corps Air Defense Group - 43

The earth's surface reflects some of this radiated carrier

indicating altitude to 4

as use in early versions of large British RAF aircraft such as the Avro Lancaster

and Junkers Ju 388

Kit measures 12 x 11 x 4 inches

75 inches long

30-160 MPH

This example appears to have been restored in 1984 by Aircraft Instruments and Development

the C-1 Directional Gyro was used in versions of the Curtis P-40N Warhawk and Bell P-39N Airacobra Fighters and the A-30 Martin Baltimore light bomber