Pitot Tube Type D-1, USN 88-T-3000 C-130 It has a date stamp

It has a date stamp of January 14

published by the USAF Strategic Air Command in 1954

It is missing its rear cover

it has a serial number prefix of AF-45

It is marked on its face: AF US ARMY

Pitot Tube Type D-1, USN 88-T-3000 C-130 It has a date stampThis is a WWII era Pitot Tube, Type D 1 (also AN5816 2), as used by aircraft of the US Army Air Force and US Navy, such as bombers B 24 Liberator, B 25 Mitchell, B 26 Marauder, and A 26 Invader, fighters P 39 Airacobra, P 40 Warhawk, and P 47 Thunderbolt, dive bomber SBD Dauntless, and torpedo bomber TBM Avenger (see illustration from the TBM Erection and Maintenance Manual dated 1944). On most bombers, this pitot tube would be mounted on a stanchion