Rate of Climb / Vertical Speed Indicator, 6000 ft/min, Type C-2, US Army Air Force Beech General Electric part number 8DJ4PWE

General Electric part number 8DJ4PWE

It has a service label from the US Air Force Tinker Air Base's OCAMA (Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area)

the drift angle is determined by reading the location of the pointer on the base's scale

and altitude setting ~reference) markers

also known as a "target flight indicator"

Rate of Climb / Vertical Speed Indicator, 6000 ft/min, Type C-2, US Army Air Force Beech General Electric part number 8DJ4PWEThe Army Type C 2 Rate of Climb Vertical Speed Indicator was used across a number of US Army Air Corps and Air Force aircraft during WWII, including heavy bombers B 17, B 24, B 29, medium bombers B 25 and B 26, as well as light bomber A 20, according to the Accessories Interchangeability Chart dated Feb 1945. It was also used in versions of US Army Air Force WWII fighters P 38, P 39, P 40, P 47, and P 51. This C 2 was made by Bendix, part number 1636