CLOCK
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AIRPLANE CLOCK
- Materials
- GLASS, WOOD, METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P19694644000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AIRPLANE CLOCK
- Date
- 1944
- Materials
- GLASS, WOOD, METAL
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 11.4
- Length
- 15.2
- Width
- 4.6
- Description
- INSTRUMENT CLOCK HAS BEEN SET IN A WOODEN STAND. "A.C.U.S. ARMY" ON FACE "TY?E A-11". "BEN" SCRATCHED ON BACK. "ADJ" "ORDER NO AC-34898 MF'S PART NO. 1776 SPEC. NO. 94-27970A SER. NO. AF43-78550 ELGIN NAT'L WATCH CO" ON NAME PLATE ON BACK. WOOD BASE ON STAND. "8 DAYS" WRITTEN ON FACE; "3, 6, 9,12". TWO BRASS SCREWS MOUNTED ON FRONT; ALSO BLACK KNOB. BACKPLATE AND BASE ARE CUSTOM-MADE. BACKPLATE SLIDES UP OFF OF SCREW TO REVEAL INSIDE BACK OFCLOCK.
- Subjects
- TIMEKEEPING T&E
- Historical Association
- TRANSPORTATION
- History
- "PILOT OF THIS SPITFIRE WAS BADLY WOUNDED & CRASH LANDED IN ENGLAND. GUNNER KILLED IN ACTION OVER FRANCE & CLOCK REMOVED FROM AEROPLANE BY STAFF SERGAENT J.R. SMITH & DONATED TO HIS DAD, J. SMITH."
- Catalogue Number
- P19694644000
- Acquisition Date
- 1969-10
- Collection
- Museum
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