October 11, 2012 at 7:21 pm
I have this little junction box recovered when I was a child during the war. I forget which site but am pretty sure it is German. I hope someone has some idea what it is.

It carries the numbers
126-825A-1
B10 77 S1p 22e
P1 32619-1
Some of the 1’s may be I
Many thanks
By: PeterVerney - 12th October 2012 at 09:01
Thanks also Brian. That site according to Google, calls it for a”leaders daughters compass” which I read as a slave to a master compass. Thanks to everyone I have got a complete answer, marvellous.
I left home at 16 and my mother had thrown all my stuff out. Somehow this survived.
By: FarlamAirframes - 12th October 2012 at 08:38
This is a useful site when you know the FL number
http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de
The part is shown nicely if you type the number into the search..
By: PeterVerney - 12th October 2012 at 08:20
Thanks very much Mike. Looks quite correct, it has a baseplate of Bakelite? With holes round the edge numbered 1 to 6, the top is hinged so that access can be gained to the terminals.
I believe it came from Dornier 217 which crashed into the edge of Covert wood at Breach, just above the Palm Tree pub, in late 1944 or early 1945. Approx 51.11 N, 01.18 E.
We recovered an amount of 15mm cannon rounds, from which we carefully! Extracted the detonators and then scraped out the explosive with the penknife which every boy carried at the time:eek:
Detonators were carefully laid in the road, a tile laid on them, and then stoned until they went off:D:cool::D
Detonators looked very like the little watch battery, and sat just beneath the nose cap, which had to be gently unscrewed.
By: Versuch - 12th October 2012 at 00:25
It looks like it could be FL.32619-1 Gerat No 126-825a-1.
On my list it shows as a connecter / plug / socket on the Mastercompass.
Hope this helps…
Kind Regards Mike
By: Rocketeer - 11th October 2012 at 20:14
yep German…..looks bomb release related to me….