Wheel and Flap Position Indicator, 8DJ4PWE Lighted WW2 With a rotatable dial engraved

With a rotatable dial engraved with the compass card graduations

The purpose of the two small upright brackets located at East and West is unknown

1945 with the name of the instrument technician

According to the Waltham website:

part number 1537-2F-B as made for aircraft of the US Navy

Wheel and Flap Position Indicator, 8DJ4PWE Lighted WW2 With a rotatable dial engravedHere is a WWII era Wheel and Flap Position Indicator of the Air Corps US Army, General Electric part number 8DJ4PWE, was used in aircraft with a nose wheel (vs tail wheel aircraft). This model is equipped with a light in the upper right corner, which would have illuminated with a turn of the small knob. The position of the wheels were indicated by the 3 small window insets, one each on the nose and each wing. The indicator in each window inset would