Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Matched Box French Holsters flying from Plaines de Gaiac

flying from Plaines de Gaiac on New Caledonia

Even in 1943

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

- Right Shoulder: Hand Painted full color U aircraft tail insignia for the 748th

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Matched Box French Holsters flying from Plaines de GaiacOriginal 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