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WW2 Bendix Pioneer Radio Compass Indicator US Army 1-81-A

WW2 Bendix Pioneer Radio Compass Indicator US Army 1-81-A

Bendix Aviation Company

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WW2 Bendix Pioneer Radio Compass Indicator US Army 1-81-A

This very nice piece of Aeronautica is a WW2 Bendix Pioneer Radio Compass Indicator US Army 1-81-A.

Approximate Size:

  • Width: 8.2cm
  • Height: 8.1cm
  • Depth: 9.2cm
  • Face diameter is approximately 7 cm.

A navigation instrument, also known as a Pilot's Bearing Indicator, it was made for the U.S military by Bendix Radio Aviation Corporation, Baltimore, M.D , and I think it dates to 1942.

In very good condition with a few marks. It hasn't been tested.

Label marks are as follows:-


2543.WF.42
A49.46A
Serial no. 480
Part no. 1
Bendix Radio Aviation Corporation
Pioneer
Signal Corps US Army
Indicator 1-81-A 
PL-118

The I-81-A Radio Compass Indicator was a component of the WW2 Radio Compass SCR- 269-G system: which eventually became the AN/ARN-7 (see appended image).  It provided directional indication for a signal transmitted from an airfield or beacon.

It was used by both US Navy aircraft and US Army Air Force bombers such as the B-17, and transports e.g. C-46.

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