Sextant Kit, Aircraft, Type A-10A, Fairchild Camera Lancaster Alternative markings have been added

Alternative markings have been added by hand in red on the exterior glass

Measures ~3 inches diameter and 5 inches deep

The aircraft altitude and speed was entered on the rear of the sight

0-450 amps

and has a date stamp of 1969

Sextant Kit, Aircraft, Type A-10A, Fairchild Camera Lancaster Alternative markings have been addedA very nice, working, WW2 vintage aircraft A 10A bubble sextant in its original wooden case with mounting hook and battery power accessory for nighttime illumination used for celestial navigation. Used across many versions of US Army Air Force aircraft with navigator crew during the era, such as bombers B 17 Flying Fortress, B 24 Liberator, and B 29 Superfortress, and transports C 46 Commando, C 47 Dakota, and C 54 Skymaster. The sextant would be