Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-13, 35,000 ft, Air Corps US Army WWII B-17, B-24, P-38, P-51 Cold War (glass broken)

(glass broken)

as used in US Navy aircraft during WWII

As of 1969

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used to indicate the vertical airspeed of the aircraft in a climb or descent

Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-13, 35,000 ft, Air Corps US Army WWII B-17, B-24, P-38, P-51 Cold War (glass broken)Here is an early WWII era Sensitive Altimeter, Air Corps US Army Type C 13 (also AN 5760 1), made by Kollsman. part number 671K 05. The C 13 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 13 Sensitive Altimeter