Hello,

I would like to ask for your consultation of the following eBay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-Airpath-US-Army-Air-Force-Glider-Airplane-Compass_W0QQitemZ130243932083

Is it in fact the compass from CG-4A?

I would be thankful for your help.

Best regards

Greg

Greg...First...ALL WW Two  Aircraft Instruments are of two types.

Designated by A/N....for Army/Navy, and are completely interchangeable with each other for ALL aircraft.

1. Fluorescent... Radium Dial ...(Illuminated by a small Fluorescent Bulb installed in a C-5 instrument Lamp Assembly.

2. Radium Dial......Self Illuminating (Designed for Night Fighters).

Therefore to say that this particular instrument came from a CG-4A glider is completely possible, but then, a like compass could have come from ANY WW TWO aircraft.

You will have to take the word of the individual seller for any history. It MAY have come from a glider or ANY other aircraft...they are all the same.

Other Mfgs besides the Airpath, were Kollsman and Pioneer...all made to the exact same specifications.

This information is from my copy of Technical Order  00-45-1, Accessories for Airplanes-Engines Interchangebility Cross reference Charts dated 5 February 1945.

Jim :-)

James S. Peters Sr. T/Sgt
B-17 Flt Engr, 27 missions
99 BG, 348BS, 5th Wing, 15th AAF
Tortorella, (Foggia#2), Italy
My Tour was from 12/03/44-06/19/45
M/Sgt USAF (Retired)

Dear Jim,

My great acknowledgments for you.

Warm regards from the other side of the ocean.

Greg