Formation Stick for Type C-1 Automatic Pilot System Victor for the Bendix MN-10 Direction

for the Bendix MN-10 Direction Finding System and RA-10 Radio Receivers as used in some bomber and transport aircraft of the US Army Air Force and US Navy

The screw located on the bottom rear housing can lock the mechanism

Used in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers during WW2

Here is a WW2-era British Airspeed Indicator IXE 6A/585 WW2

25 in diameter and ~7in deep

Formation Stick for Type C-1 Automatic Pilot System Victor for the Bendix MN-10 DirectionThis is a WWII era Formation Stick, was an accessory to the Type C 1 Automatic Pilot System used in US Army Air Force bombers such as the B 17 Flying Fortress and the B 24 Liberator (see illustration from the B 17G Flight Manual dated 1944). The formation stick was used to quickly maneuver the aircraft with minimum physical effort while the C 1 Autopilot was on and the aircraft was assuming, or in, formation flight. Two formation sticks were installed