Bombsight

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Accession number
1994.12
Production period
1940s
Description
Aircraft bombsight Mark III, Sighting Head unit. Used for low level bombing. Black, twin mirror. Wooden base with vertical wooden panel. Main unit is composed mostly of metal and has flat bottom plate with angle increments marked along the base, lever attached swivels entire unit. Gyro-unit cylindrical component attached, two circular attachments with thread. Above gyro is lever attached to an octangonal glass pane. Front has double blue tinted glass panes. Metal cable attached with four pin plug.
Marks
L.L. B.S. MkIII / REF. No 9/2651 / SER No 5019/43 / 24 VOLTS Maker's Plate
NZM/INST/D1 Hand-written
GYRO UNIT / COMPUTER MKXIV / REF.No 9/2296 / SERIAL No 230/44
Media/Materials
Processed Material/Metal
Organic/Vegetal/Wood
Processed Material/Glass
Credit Line
Bombsight, 1994.12. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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