Original U.S. WWII Sperry Aircraft Gunsight K-13 Compensating Sight German Flare Guns • Triangular 8 1/2" steel

• Triangular 8 1/2" steel blade

and an adventurous spirit

his detachment of four two-seat F-100Fs and 16 pilots became pioneer "Fast FACs" over Laos and North Vietnam

but were considered a separate combat arm

Overall length of this example is 14 ½ inches in the impressive scabbard

Original U.S. WWII Sperry Aircraft Gunsight K-13 Compensating Sight German Flare Guns • Triangular 8 1/2" steelOriginal Item: Only One Available. The K 13 Compensating Gunsight, made by Sperry, is an electrically powered gunsight designed to compensate for altitude and airspeed. Typically mounted on the rear housing of a . 50 caliber machine gun from a side waist gunner position in the aircraft. Used in Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B 24 Liberator bombers during WW2. It was a late war innovation that used the aircraft altitude and speed with the