Sextant Kit, Aircraft, Type A-10A, Fairchild Camera Lancaster and has a date stamp

and has a date stamp of 1969

California) dated Nov 19

Weston (pointer stuck at 6K)

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

Sextant Kit, Aircraft, Type A-10A, Fairchild Camera Lancaster and has a date stampA 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