Plotting Board, Navy, Mark 3A

Date

1942

Maker

Felsenthal Instrument Co.

Place

United States of America

Materials

aluminum, Mylar, paper, plastic

Dimensions

3-D: 42.2 × 1.6 × 43.5cm (16 5/8 × 5/8 × 17 1/8 in.)

Museum

National Air and Space Museum

Credit line

Gift of Ben W. Rau

Plastic assembly: board, data card, map template; holder: aluminum.

The museum's own record (Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum)

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