Bearing Circle, US Navy, Mk I Mod 2, 1943, in Wooden Case Beech with BU AERO US NAVY

with BU AERO US NAVY embossed in very small letters on the center of its face

a single ring with central dot orange reticle

~6 inches wide

Wheel & Flap Position Indicator

The Bomb Release Control (Intervalometer) permitted a bombardier to control the number of bombs dropped per release and their impact spacing

Bearing Circle, US Navy, Mk I Mod 2, 1943, in Wooden Case Beech with BU AERO US NAVYThis is a WWII era US Navy Ships Bearing Circle, Mk I, Mod 2 in its original wooden case, made in 1943 by The Lionel Corporation. This model has two adjustable vanes (peep and far) with prism for viewing compass bearing and spirit level. The Bearing Circle was placed on top of a magnetic compass or gyro repeater and used to measure bearings of terrestrial objects. The Peep vane and Wire vane are lined up with the object of interest, whose bearing is