Free Air Temperature Indicator, Direct Reading, Type C-13B WWII C-130 and the USSR Air Force

and the USSR Air Force

Measures approx 4 inches diameter and 8 inches deep

noting the remnants of the white label on the housing

even during violent and prolonged manoeuvring at high speed

This example has a service label from Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF) Alameda (CA) dated January 1973

Free Air Temperature Indicator, Direct Reading, Type C-13B WWII C-130 and the USSR Air ForceThis is an authentic WWII era Direct Reading Free Air Temperature Indicator Type C 13B, as used in Bombers Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B 24 Liberator, plus Transport Douglas C 47 Skytrain and others. The instrument indicated to the pilot the aircraft's external air temperature from 70dC to +50dC in aircraft of the Air Force US Army, and would have its stem installed from the cockpit or the bombardier's compartment thru the skin or the