Remote Control Unit Type MN-28LB for AN/ARN-11 Radio Navigation System Canberra Activation can be set by

Activation can be set by time by using the timer adjacent to the key

The right knob rotates the upper compass card

so theoretically it's possible that this was used in a Boeing bomber B-50 Superfortress (developed from the B-29) which was in service during this period

The AN-5773-1 Engine Gage Unit displayed 3 metrics with one instrument:  Oil temperature (from 0-150 deg C)

Remote Control Unit Type MN-28LB for AN/ARN-11 Radio Navigation System Canberra Activation can be set byThis is a Cold War era Remote Control Unit, Type MN 28LB, as used in the Airborne Radio Navigation System AN ARN 11 (see spec sheet in photo gallery) during and after WWII in both military and commercial aircraft. The AN ARN 11 system was a radio compass which indicated the direction of a selected ground transmitting station and also functioned as a general radio receiver. The MN 28LB unit could be adjusted for 3 radio frequency bands, 200 410 kc, 550