Fuel Quantity Indicator, Four Tanks, C-47 Skytrain, Dakota, WWII Vickers This is a Course Selector

This is a Course Selector

two remote controls are provided and

It is similar to the more common AN-104 Mast Antenna used in later aircraft versions

according to the US Army Air Force's Interchangeability Cross Reference Chart dated Feb 1945

receiving navigational signals from the "Eureka" transmitting station

Fuel Quantity Indicator, Four Tanks, C-47 Skytrain, Dakota, WWII Vickers This is a Course SelectorHere is a Fuel Quantity Indicator as used in the WWII era Douglas C 47 Skytrain (aka Dakota in the RAF), which appeared on the right side of the instrument panel (see photo from the WWII C 47 Pilot Training Manual showing its location). The C 47 had 4 primary fuel tanks: Left Main, Right Main, Left Auxiliary, Right Auxiliary. The main tanks had a capacity of 202 gallons each, and the auxiliary tanks, 200 gallons, per the manual. The co pilot would