Directional Gyro / Turn Indicator, Type C-1 Sperry 657069 USSR used for celestial navigation

used for celestial navigation

showing the location of this antenna)

showing evidence of its use

See instruction page from the SCR-595 manual in the photo gallery

Directional Gyro / Turn Indicator, Type C-1 Sperry 657069 USSR used for celestial navigationHere is an electrical Directional Gyro Turn Indicator marked AF USARMY (Air Forces US Army), Type C 1. According to the Maintenance Interchangeability Cross Reference Charts of the Air Forces US Army, the C 1 Directional Gyro was used in versions of the Curtis P 40N Warhawk and Bell P 39N Airacobra Fighters and the A 30 Martin Baltimore light bomber. The serial # prefix starts with AF 43, likely made for an Air Force order during 1943. The left knob