Landing Gear Pressure Indicator Type E-3 2000 PSI Air Corps US Army C-7 the TBM Avenger Torpedo Bomber

the TBM Avenger Torpedo Bomber

rectifier type

This specimen of the Model 2 Sensitive Altimeter is made by Tanaka

as used in the US Army Air Force's Boeing B-29 Superfortress (see photo of B-29 Flight Engineer's instrument panel with a red dot showing instrument location)

Landing Gear Pressure Indicator Type E-3 2000 PSI Air Corps US Army C-7 the TBM Avenger Torpedo BomberThis is an authentic WW2 vintage Landing Gear Pressure Indicator, Type E 3, made by Manning Maxwell & Moore, as used in early aircraft of the US Army Air Corps. "AC US ARMY" is embossed on the face of the instrument (black on black), see close up photo. This was a lighted instrument, containing a small lamp (still present) in the upper right corner, which would illuminate the inner rim of the dial when the knob is rotated. The instrument would