Turn and Bank Indicator Type A-8, Air Corps US Army, WWII, B-17, P-51, P-38 Liaison Aircraft See photo of the location

See photo of the location of the instrument on the Flight Engineers upper instrument panel from the C-121 flight manual dated 1958

Vacuum and De-Icer System

It is in good cosmetic condition

Radial arms or vanes attached to the card dampen the swing of the needle

"triggering" the Eureka (AN/PPN-1) and causing it to return a pulse

Turn and Bank Indicator Type A-8, Air Corps US Army, WWII, B-17, P-51, P-38 Liaison Aircraft See photo of the locationThis pre & early WWII era Turn & Bank Indicator Type A 8, made by Bendix Part No. 1718 2S A2 for the Air Corps US Army, was used across virtually all its aircraft during WWII, including bombers B 17, B 24, B 25, B 26, fighters, P 38, P 39, P 40, P 47, P 51, and transports C 46 and C 47. Imprinted on the face, but barely discernible in the photos, is "AC US Army" (Air Corps US Army), and its serial number prefix is AC41, indicating the manufacturing