Fuel Quantity Indicator, Front-Reserve Tanks, P-38 Lightning, GE 8DJ12LAF (2) BT-13 and the clicking of the

and the clicking of the mechanism begins

Made by Weston

and C-7A Caribou

and the fill port on the bottom has a small crack

This corrects for the height of the seated pilot by aligning his line of sight with the silhouette and the tilting horizon marking behind it while in level flight

Fuel Quantity Indicator, Front-Reserve Tanks, P-38 Lightning, GE 8DJ12LAF (2) BT-13 and the clicking of theHere is a fine specimen of a Fuel Quantity Indicator for the Reserve (Front) fuel tanks as used in versions of the infamous US Army Air Force twin tailed fighter P 38 Lightning, made by General Electric, Model 8DJ12LAF, as confirmed in the P 38L Erection and Maintenance Manual dated 1945. The P 38 had two fuel quantity indicators this was for the front reserve tanks, each holding 0 60 gals. The indicator has two pointers (the second one is barely