Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Forces B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin Spanish Flags purple silk

purple silk

It is unmarked on the blade

while other parts of the revolver are marked 17

just received from a Museum Quality private collection

while the bolt head is marked ayf

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Forces B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin Spanish Flags purple silkOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Type A 8 was a navigation stopwatch designed for timing ground speed meters for determining the velocity of aircraft relative to the ground. One revolution of the Type A 8 hand was equivalent to ten seconds. The dial was white on early Wittnauer Type A 8 watches and black on Elgin watches produced from 1940 onward. Elgin, Waltham, the Federal Television Corp. and Aristo Import Co. manufactured Type A 8