Original U.S. WWII Air Corps Type B-5 Drift Meter DP-28 LMG - Enlistment and Discharge document

- Enlistment and Discharge document copies

88 in German blackface type and also has serial number 3561 / r on the barrel and 1572 / y receiver

marked on the blade with both the logo and RZM code of famed maker Carl Eickhorn of Solingen

After the war he appears as serving aboard the USS Montana

Original U.S. WWII Air Corps Type B-5 Drift Meter DP-28 LMG - Enlistment and Discharge documentOriginal Item. Only One Available. This aircraft Drift Meter, type B 5, was used in several US Army Air Force bomber and transport aircraft, including the B 17 and B 24. The B 5 drift meter is used to measure the angle between the heading of the aircraft and its actual path over the ground, thus used to correct the course of the aircraft. The instrument's viewing port projects from the side of the aircraft. When viewing the ground through the eyepiece