Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Matched Box French Holsters - Right Shoulder: Hand Painted

- Right Shoulder: Hand Painted full color U aircraft tail insignia for the 748th

CUMMINGS in dark ink

This HJ knife is by an extremely rare maker

however it is missing one of the leaves

showing wear from service and use

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Matched Box French Holsters - Right Shoulder: Hand PaintedOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Type A 8 was a navigation stopwatch designed for timing ground speed meters for determining the velocity of aircraft relative to the ground. One revolution of the Type A 8 hand was equivalent to ten seconds. The dial was white on early Wittnauer Type A 8 watches and black on Elgin watches produced from 1940 onward. Elgin, Waltham, the Federal Television Corp. and Aristo Import Co. manufactured Type A 8