Autopilot, Directional Gyro, Type A-3A, Jack & Heintz Halifax Defensive Armament

Defensive Armament

OCAMA managed repairs and furnished spare parts for the B-52

formation flight

with a maximum airspeed of ~900 km/h

This particular specimen has a serial number showing a year of manufacture of 1939

Autopilot, Directional Gyro, Type A-3A, Jack & Heintz Halifax Defensive ArmamentHere is a WWII era Directional Gyro module of the Type A 3A Automatic Pilot system, made by Jack & Heintz, with a serial # prefix of 42, indicating a manufacturing date of 1942, for the US Army Air Force. Would be connected with the Vertical Gyro module and the Speed Control Valves of the same system and installed on the flight control panel. The A 3A autopilot was used in bombers B 24C Liberator, B 25C,D,G Mitchell (see images from B 25 flight