Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry PV-2 Harpoon and fire multiple turrets on

and fire multiple turrets on a single enemy target

B-50 Superfortress

It has a few small nicks from its service

25 inches diameter and ~ 6 inches deep

the pilot pulls out the pump knob to its limit and releases it

Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry PV-2 Harpoon and fire multiple turrets onThe A 5 Automatic Pilot was used primarily in WWII era bomber aircraft of the Air Corps US Army such as the Consolidated B 24 Liberator (see photo of B 24 cockpit showing the location of the A 5 panel). The A 5 system appeared in aircraft manufactured during or before 1943, the year when the Honeywell C 1 system became the standard autopilot system for large multi engine aircraft. Theoretically, the A 5 system may also have appeared in the Boeing B 17