Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Force B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Stopwatch By Waltham - Jitterbug Conflict Amos Bridges

Amos Bridges

The Civil Air Patrol (CAP)

shook him by the hand and said "I am proud to meet the commander of the greatest division in the world today

In 1874 the self contained cartridge Gras system was introduce and this carbine originally made in 1873 was updated to a Gras in 1880 as indicated by the date markings on the right side of the barrel

75×58 mmR

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Force B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Stopwatch By Waltham - Jitterbug Conflict Amos BridgesOriginal 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 Waltham watches produced from 1940 onwards. Waltham, the Federal Television Corp. and Aristo Import Co. manufactured Type A 8 stopwatches