Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Army Air Force WWII P-40 and F-94C Starfire jet fighters

and F-94C Starfire jet fighters

The Type 2 Gou was primarily used in early aircraft of the Japanese Army such as the Type 99 Kawanishi Ki-48 Lily Light Bomber and Type 97 Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally Bomber

It was the forerunner of the Bendix Polar Path and Sperry CL 11

observers could determine the location of friendly aircraft using triangulation

and the US Navy's SBD Dauntless and SB2C Helldiver Dive Bombers

Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Army Air Force WWII P-40 and F-94C Starfire jet fightersHere is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter, Air Corps US Army Type C 12, made by Kollsman. The C 12 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. The C 12 Sensitive Altimeter displayed altitude using 3 pointers. The first and