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Title: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: Ripsnort on April 18, 2015, 03:33:30 PM

My buddy that flies for Alaska dropped this off today. His dad used to own it and gave it to Eric. Eric said he has no use for it and knows I have an office that is aircraft-centric.

He said it is a P8 compass from WW2.  They were used on Spitfires/Hurricanes/ and Tiger Moths. Pretty cool!

(http://sportsdad60.smugmug.com/Compass/i-GJF7qgs/0/X2/-compass1-X2.jpg)

(http://sportsdad60.smugmug.com/Compass/i-wfTvCZb/0/X2/-compass2-X2.jpg)

(http://sportsdad60.smugmug.com/Compass/i-ttmXn8S/0/X2/-compass3-X2.jpg)

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: Swoop on April 18, 2015, 03:59:28 PM

Nice.  Needs mounting.

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: Ripsnort on April 18, 2015, 06:54:44 PM

Quote from: Swoop on April 18, 2015, 03:59:28 PM

Nice.  Needs mounting.

metal isn't the kind of things that I like to mount swoop. But if I find an authentic box that it belongs and I'll buy it.

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: texasmom on April 18, 2015, 07:08:33 PM

very cool :)

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: Meatwad on April 18, 2015, 07:25:36 PM

Does it still work?

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: pipz on April 19, 2015, 09:47:08 AM

Very nice!  :aok

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: Ripsnort on April 19, 2015, 11:05:11 AM

Quote from: Meatwad on April 18, 2015, 07:25:36 PM

Does it still work?

Yes!  :aok
I've not gotten lost yet walking around with it in my hands and people are not telling me where to go as much anymore... :confused:
 :lol

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: Maverick on April 19, 2015, 12:43:20 PM

Was that set for horizontal mounting or vertical? I think horizontal given the "aft" stamping on it.

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: Nefarious on April 19, 2015, 02:01:25 PM

A little off topic, but I have had this Compass for a long time, I believe it belongs to a ship. Perhaps Chinese or Japanese, any help with age or where it went?

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/Mobile%20Uploads/20150419_120800.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/ralphmunnich/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150419_120800.jpg.html)
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/Mobile%20Uploads/20150419_120143.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/ralphmunnich/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150419_120143.jpg.html)
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/Mobile%20Uploads/20150419_120157.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/ralphmunnich/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150419_120157.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: Karnak on April 19, 2015, 02:40:23 PM

The characters look Chinese more than Japanese, but that is perhaps due to a lack of Hiragana characters.  It is most likely Chinese, but could be Japanese with just Kanji.  Usually in Japanese you have a mix of Kanji and Hiragana and Hiragana are very simple compared to Kanji or Chinese characters.

Title: Re: Cool piece of history-Spitfire compass
Post by: Ripsnort on April 21, 2015, 09:10:30 AM

Mav...from pics I've seen...horizontal.