Case, storage-carrying

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OBJECT TYPE: vector/course setting
DATE: 1941
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0936.021

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: MK. IX C
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 21
Total Parts: 21
AKA: bomb sight case
Patents: N/A
General Description: Wooden case painted tan; bears white stencilled markings; metal (brass ?) hinges & closures; metal handle painted black; dark green felt pads inside case.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 61.3 cm
Width: 22.2 cm
Height: 33.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Aviation armament
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Used to contain and protect bomb sight and accessories when not in use.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "REF. No. 9/494/ COURSE SETTING BOMB SIGHT/ MARK IXC No 9 6 3 4/41" stencilled in white on drop-down access door on box. "LANYARD DELETED" printed on decal applied to inside of door. "IMPORTANT/ SIGHT BOMB COURSE SETTING MK. VII./ AND MK. IX. INSTRUCTIONS FOR REMOVING/ AND REPLACING BOMBSIGHT IN BOX./ TO REMOVE FROM BOX/ 1. Remove levelling bracket./ 2. Pull to the rear the aluminum knob at the/ bottom left hand corner of the sight, and pull/ sight forward off its supporting spigot./ TO REPLACE IN BOX./ 1. Set wind to zero./ 2. Set enemy speed to zero and enemy direction/ arrows to 90°./ 3. Set air speed to maximum reading./ 4. Set terminal velocity to oo./ 5. Set height bar slider to 3500ft./ 6. Release height bar clamp (at base of height bar)/ and lower height bar./ 7. Slide bomb sight on to the spigot, care being/ taken that the end of the height bar enters the/ slot provided, without being strained. Pull out/ the aluminum knob at the bottom left hand/ corner of the sight and push home until retained/ by the catch./ 8. Replace levelling bracket (if this is to be stowed/ away) in such a position that one of the slots in/ the baseplate is located on the screw pin provided./ 9. Auxiliary drift bar to be swung down in position/ for port drift./ 10. Swing down wind gauge bar to operational/ position." printed on off-white paper glued to inside of door. "N- 22787/ W-1238/ 9/199 2 cases." handwritten in black marker on off-white paper stapled to case top.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Wooden case painted tan; bears white stencilled markings; metal (brass ?) hinges & closures; metal handle painted black; dark green felt pads inside case.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Case, storage-carrying, circa 1941, Artifact no. 1996.0936, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0936.021/

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