Compass, KAI, Air Navigation Reflector, Japanese Navy Aircraft Hudson The serial # prefix starts

The serial # prefix starts with AF-43

Its accuracy is unknown

A cool artifact indeed

and the azimuth and elevation of the searchlight's beam relative to the position of the aircraft would appear on the indicator

Compass, KAI, Air Navigation Reflector, Japanese Navy Aircraft Hudson The serial # prefix startsThis is a WWII era direct reading, reflector, magnetic compass,Type 2 or 3 KAI , made by Tokyo Aero Indicator Co, as used in aircraft of the Japanese Navy. According to the online Funatsu Aviation Instruments Museum, this compass was used in the following aircraft: Mitsubishi G4M Type 1 Bomber Betty Nakajima B6N Tenzan Torpedo Bomber Kate Type94 Recon Kawanishi E7K Type 95 Model 2 Recon Nakajima C6N Saiun Myrt and others The compass bowl rotates