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Navigators tools of the trade


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The Navigator was a important part of the crew with out him you could not find your target or find your way back home.Here are a few things he would of used.

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In the collection you will see a Elgin A-11 wrist watch with a trench art bracelet,Elgin timer,Elgin AN-5740 with 24hrs dial and metal canister,Hamilton Model 23 Navigational stopwatch.

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Here is the Hamilton in a Mark III Mod.5,Octant.If the Navigator was just a little off it had real consequences like the B-24 the Lady Be Good going off course on it return to base and being found in the 1950's in the desert of Libya.Here is a link to the story really sad they did not make it home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Be_Good_(aircraft)

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