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Very nice Drift Meter, Type B-5 used by the American airforce during World War 2, made in 1944. This aircraft Drift Meter, type B-5, was used in several US Army Air Force bomber and transport aircraft, including the B-17 and B-24. The B-5 drift meter is used by the navigator to determine the angle of deviation (drift) between the heading of the aircraft and its actual path over the ground due to cross winds, thus used to correct the course of the aircraft.  The instrument's viewing port projects from the side of the aircraft.  When viewing the ground through the eyepiece while in flight, the navigator observes the travel of fixed objects across the lens.

Everything works, dials can turn, glass see through and it opens up.

Size:
Height: 20,5 cm
Width: 28 cm 
Length: 24 cm
Weight: 1,8 kg

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Air Force US Army Drift Meter, type B-5 - Military equipment - 1944

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