Bendix
Airspeed Indicator, Sensitive, 700 MPH, Army Type F-1A, US Army Air Force, WWII
The Army Type F-1A Airspeed Indicator was used across a number of US Army Air Corps and Air Force aircraft during WWII, including heavy bombers B-17, B-24, B-29, medium bombers B-25 and B-26, as well as light bomber A-20, according to the Accessories Interchangeability Chart dated Feb 1945. It was also used in versions of US Army Air Force WWII fighters P-38, P-39, P-40, P-47, and P-51. This F-1A was made by Bendix, part number 1432-220-B-A1, and has a serial number prefix of AF45, indicative of a 1945 manufacturing date.
According to the spec sheet in the Index of Army Aeronautical equipment Volume 6 Instruments, dated 1944, the Army type F-1 is a sensitive airspeed indicator. The pointer makes one revolution every hundred MPH. A smaller inner dial indicates tens of MPH.
It is in good condition given its age, although it is reading is inaccurate. The dial and glass are intact. The glass rattles slightly but is intact.