Pitot Tube Type D-1, USN 88-T-3000 C-130

Pitot Tube Type D-1, USN 88-T-3000 C-130This 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

published by the USAF Strategic Air Command in 1954

It is missing its rear cover

which allowed it to be moved to the side during a bombing run

"Aircraft Observers" typically were responsible for operating the bombing and navigational systems

it has a serial number prefix of AF-45

It has a date stamp of January 14

It is marked on its face: AF US ARMY

also medium bombers B-25 C/D Mitchell and B-26 B/C Marauder

This is an original Cold War-era Elapsed Time Clock

and bears a serial number indicating a year of manufacture of 1943

the end of the war and the honorable peace with Germany

This is an original WWII-era manual