Item Description
Original Items: Only One Available. This is a very nice, apparently un-installed example of a USAAF Type X-1 Reflex sight, which is approximately 10 inches wide 9 inches tall. The device is a horizontally aligned reflector sight, calibrated to match the viewing angle of the internal refracting optical sight, which was installed on the M-9B sight head of the late-war variants of the legendary Norden bombsight. Number V 4120, the Norden bomb sight Tom Ferebee used in the Enola Gay to drop "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, was equipped with one of these sights.
The sight consists of a glass viewing pane held at 45 degrees within a cylindrical mount that rotates vertically from 0 to 90 degrees. In use, a simple crosshair reticle is projected onto the glass which could be brightened or dimmed as conditions warranted.
The housing is connected to a gear train that would've been engaged by the swiveling movement of the internal sight optics as they were adjusted by the bombardier. A large housing branches off the sight on the right side which houses the lighting element and rheostat dimmer and on/off switch. These sights were used throughout the final stages of World War II and in Korea in the 1950's
The data plate on the top is still clear:
U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES
REFLEX SIGHT
SERIAL NO. 10846 TYPE X-1
ORDER NO. W-33-038-AC-4495
BOMBSIGHT SER. NO.
MANUFACTURED BY
THE W.L. MAXCON CORP.
Condition is very good, with most of the original black crinkle finish present. There is a bit of wear and oxidation, but nothing major, and it appears to be fully functional, though we have no way of testing it. The lack of a Bombsight serial number on the data plate suggests that it was never installed. We have a picture showing the Reflex sight installed on a bombsight. NOTE: NORDEN BOMBSIGHT AND ENOLA GAY NOT INCLUDED
A great accessory for a Norden Bombsight, or a great conversation piece by itself. Ready to display!
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