Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-14, 35,000 ft, Air Corps US Army WWII B-17, B-24, P-38, P-51 A-26 General Railway Signal was contracted

General Railway Signal was contracted to build this sighting station

and possibly others

and maintenance of all types of instruments in use at the time

was part of the direction finding and landing system "PeilG V" and "PeilG 6" as well as the FuG 16 Z / ZY

Must have been a high pressure application judging from its construction (number of screws and thickness of lens)

Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-14, 35,000 ft, Air Corps US Army WWII B-17, B-24, P-38, P-51 A-26 General Railway Signal was contractedHere is an early WWII era Sensitive Altimeter, Air Corps US Army Type C 14 (also AN 5761 1), made by Bendix, part number 1554 2J A. The C 14 Altimeter was used across all aircraft of the Air Corps US Army, including heavy bombers B 17 and B 24, medium bombers, B 25 and B 26, Fighters P 38, P 39, P 40, P 47, and P 51, and transports C 46 and C 47, according to the Maintenance Interchangeability Chart dated Dec 1943. AC US ARMY is embossed on its face.