Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Matched Box French Holsters Even in 1943

Even in 1943

however it is missing one of the leaves

declaring war on August 3rd

the longest in US military history up to that point

Clearly a souvenir that was quickly sliced from it's frame and crammed into a Back Pack by an invading German Soldier

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Matched Box French Holsters Even in 1943Original 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