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"Testing of the Type A-15"
Based on historical documents obtained, it appears that approximately 500 Type A-15 watches were service tested both in theatres of operation (Europe, Asia and the Pacific) as well as continental US in late 1944 and early 1945. Distribution for testing included the following locations:
Second Air Force (Colorado Springs, Colorado): 50 watches
Third Air Force, National Guard Armory (Tampa, Florida): 50 watches
AAF Board, Equipment Section (Orlando, Florida): 40 watches
Army Air Forces Training Command (Fort Worth, Texas): 50 watches
AAF 15, (Belling Field, DC): 10 watches
15th Air Force, APC (New York): 15
Watches were also distributed to six overseas air forces for service tests, including:
Warton, England: 88 watches
Fifth Air Force (Hollandia, New Guinea – now Jayapura City): 44 watches
Kunming, China: 44 watches
Naples, Italy: 69 watch
The Air Technical Service Command instructed that tests of the Type A-15 be completed within two months of receipt of the watches, at which time a questionnaire circulated should be completed and returned to ATSC. It was requested that all watches which were damaged or did not perform satisfactorily be returned for inspection. .
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The questionnaire circulated with the test Type A-15 sought the following, inter alia, information from testers: - Whether luminous markings on the dial were desirable - Extent that the rim accumulator was used in determining elapsed time, and whether the rim accumulator made it more difficult to ascertain the correct time or interfered with the operation of the watch. - Whether the Type A-11 was preferable for pilots’ use to the Type A-11 (as issued to pilots, navigators and radio operators). .
Source: https://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?44426-Bulova-Type-A-15-Elapsed-Time-Watch .
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BREGUET - Chronograph TYPE 20 / Ref . 5101-54 1st gen, around 1957.
Superb and mythical pilot chronograph from the « Breguet N° 8164 workshop ».
1st generation which equipped the French pilots of the French Air Force
Movement: mechanical manual winding cal VALJOUX 222 / 14 lines (Swiss), flyback, modified by Breguet to spiral.
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