Original U.S. WWII 1942 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Box Mortars HUGHES 24TH

HUGHES 24TH

we kept trying until we got it right

which falls right in line with the caliber marking

Peter Rainier

the Air Medal with 13 oak leaf clusters

Original U.S. WWII 1942 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Box Mortars HUGHES 24THOriginal 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