am astro compass mkii

**Jerry B** · 11-05-2016, 03:27 PM

Circa 1940's/50's air ministry Astro compass as used by raf bombers etc.

**ynot** · 11-06-2016, 10:00 AM

That's great. It looks basic but at the same time difficult to use.

**Jerry B** · 11-06-2016, 10:47 AM

by ynot

That's great. It looks basic but at the same time difficult to use.

The manual can be downloaded here.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/3856694/AstroCompass-Manual

They developed for use near the poles where a normal compass suffers from the magnetism, also used in the desert.

**Adrian Stevenson** · 11-06-2016, 06:25 PM

I sold one at work a couple of months ago.

**Jerry B** · 11-06-2016, 06:46 PM

by Adrian Stevenson

I sold one at work a couple of months ago.

They come up on ebay, though this was local to me and fairly cheap😊

How much did it fetch Ade?

**Adrian Stevenson** · 11-07-2016, 07:50 AM

It went pretty cheap I thought at about £30.

Cheers, Ade.

**Composite** · 11-07-2016, 08:20 AM

...what ever it's value...I think this is a great looking piece of kit. I'd love to "have a go on it"! ;-)

Presumably it's all serial-numbered-up and knowing the MOD you may be able to track it back to (hopefully) that V-Bomber wing......or, knowing my luck, an Avro Anson!