Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Forces B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin Spanish Flags purple silk

purple silk

to the 2nd brigade

while the bolt head is marked ayf

the 10th Mountain Division would earn the distinction of being the Army’s most highly-educated unit

and all of the mid war pattern steel rivets and snaps are sound

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Forces B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin Spanish Flags purple silkOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Type A 8 was a navigation stopwatch designed for timing ground speed meters for determining the velocity of aircraft relative to the ground. One revolution of the Type A 8 hand was equivalent to ten seconds. The dial was white on early Wittnauer Type A 8 watches and black on Elgin watches produced from 1940 onward. Elgin, Waltham, the Federal Television Corp. and Aristo Import Co. manufactured Type A 8