Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Navy WWII, Encased Sunderland and Junkers Ju 388

and Junkers Ju 388

75 inches long

Marine Corps Air Defense Group - 43

indicating altitude to 4

This example appears to have been restored in 1984 by Aircraft Instruments and Development

Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Navy WWII, Encased Sunderland and Junkers Ju 388Here is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter, US Navy Type C 12, made by Kollsman, encased in a wood housing with rubber feet. The C 12 Altimeter was used across all aircraft of the Air Corps US Army and US Navy 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