The Snapshots in Time Collection
WWII-Era Aircraft Optical Instrument (Gunsight/Bombsight Component), Kotec China-Burma Collection, Modern Documentation Photograph
A weathered optical instrument from the WWII China-Burma-India theater, believed to be a component of an aircraft gunsight or bombsight. Though its manufacturer's plate has worn illegible with age, the housing, eyepiece, and mounting strap reflect the precision optical equipment relied upon by Allied aircrews flying over the CBI theater's difficult terrain. Project: 218479