Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Army Air Force WWII P-40 and F-94C Starfire jet fighters

and F-94C Starfire jet fighters

This would be a very cool addition to your collection

Woods of the 401st Bomb Group

They were only as accurate as the observers knowledge of aircraft identification and of course

The Type 2 Gou was primarily used in early aircraft of the Japanese Army such as the Type 99 Kawanishi Ki-48 Lily Light Bomber and Type 97 Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally Bomber

Altimeter, Sensitive, Type C-12, 50,000 ft, US Army Air Force WWII P-40 and F-94C Starfire jet fightersHere is a WWII era Sensitive Altimeter, Air Corps US Army Type C 12, made by Kollsman. The C 12 Altimeter was used across all aircraft of the Air Corps US Army, including heavy bombers B 17 and B 24, medium bombers, B 25 and B 26, Fighters P 38, P 39, P 40, P 47, and P 51, and transports C 46 and C 47, according to the Maintenance Interchangeability Chart dated Dec 1943. The C 12 Sensitive Altimeter displayed altitude using 3 pointers. The first and