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#3886357 - 12/30/13 06:31 PM What the heck is this thing? A bombsight?  
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Help my friend's friend ID this thing.

"Some history, been in my family since WWII days (I believe). Always been a challenge to figure out what it is. The two rings move but there doesn't seem to be any magnification or distortion in the glass. So, anyone know what this is?"


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#3886361 - 12/30/13 06:33 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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#3886375 - 12/30/13 06:49 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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Do the glass windows turn in the same, or opposite directions?

It looks like they will go a full 360 degrees around. Are there any serial or model numbers on that thing, etc.?

#3886379 - 12/30/13 06:51 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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Any markings on it?


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#3886395 - 12/30/13 07:06 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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With the other pieces missing it may not be easy to determine what it was.



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#3886408 - 12/30/13 07:35 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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Ok. He's checking, doesn't have the device in front of him, will get it when he can. His Grandfather flew a P-47, which may or may not be related.

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#3886421 - 12/30/13 07:49 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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Hmmm. I suppose it could be related to a recon camera housing, but I'd also expect there to be focusing of some type as opposed to plain glass.



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#3886435 - 12/30/13 08:07 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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Left out it's 8-10 inches tall and heavy.


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#3886503 - 12/30/13 10:45 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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#3886514 - 12/30/13 11:18 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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#3886528 - 12/30/13 11:36 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#3886538 - 12/30/13 11:55 PM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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Originally Posted By: KraziKanuK
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Wow, thanks! As always, this is the best site to ID oddities.

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#3886542 - 12/31/13 12:01 AM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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Was only a guess arthur and not even sure if it is correct.


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#3886547 - 12/31/13 12:15 AM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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I can't see the pic from KraziKanuk... what would it be? Something to measure drift maybe?

#3886553 - 12/31/13 12:29 AM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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Doesn't look like the thing to me, maybe something inside? But if they
aren't lenses, are they scored with crosshairs or anything? Is it possible
that this was just a housing and a lens and cross hair arrangement was
mounted inside each glass compartment, but are now removed?
Further, less likely possibility: the things are designed to rotate;
is the glass polarized? Will it go black at some mutual orientation?

...that's a lot of gearing. Is it set up so everything is ganged and
can only move all together, or can the two sections be adjusted
independently? ...no nameplates, I take it?

#3886557 - 12/31/13 12:40 AM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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The more I look at it the more massive it appears. Could this be Navy gear, ship-based?

#3886606 - 12/31/13 02:45 AM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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Imagine it mounted vertically, and containing a
compass rose under the glass...?

#3886617 - 12/31/13 03:09 AM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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#3887150 - 01/01/14 12:49 AM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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Some kind of automated Adis (signal lamp)? if the glasses are polerized,depending upon their position they could allow light through of stop it dead,connected to something like a keyboard that would explain the gearing smile2
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#3887166 - 01/01/14 01:15 AM Re: What the heck is this thing? A bombsight? [Re: arthur666]  
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The Draper lives! Happy new year Tony.

But I think the explanation is too complicated. An automated Adis would have the blinds in front actuated by some lever/gear.

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