Compass, Pilots Repeater Indicator Mk I RAF Ref 6A/1584, Distant Reading Compass PV-2 Harpoon or 30 at its 6

or 30 at its 6 o'clock position

On this particular instrument

The data label shows manufacturing for an order by the BUAER

and the pointers do not operate

and a bracket to affix the sighting tube to the gunsight

Compass, Pilots Repeater Indicator Mk I RAF Ref 6A/1584, Distant Reading Compass PV-2 Harpoon or 30 at its 6Here is a WWII era Compass, Pilots Repeater Indicator Mk I Stores Ref 6A 1584, a component of the Distant Reading Compass system, as use in early versions of large British RAF aircraft such as the Avro Lancaster, Vickers Wellington, and Short Sunderland (see image showing the location of the indicator from the Lancaster Pilots Notes from 1944). The serial number is evidence of it's year of manufacture of 1941. Here's a bit of history from the