Cool toy found at an antique shop this week. It appears to be an aircraft fire warning/fire suppression/overheat warning control panel.
It screams "Mil-Spec", but I haven't found any labels or tags inside or out. The inside is just basically wires from the switches and lights connecting to a big cannon plug in the back.
It's obviously set up for a twin engine vehicle, so I'm thinking DC-3 (Tom Solinski?), C-47, B-25, B-26, A-26, etc. However, the rear case is thin fiberglass, not metal. Not something I would have expected during the war.
I keep saying "appears", because I'm not truly sure it's for an aircraft. It's too lightweight for a boat or military vehicle, though.
Bottom has printing:
89257 502 ASSY
NO SHORTAGES
...with several QA stamps. With big "N"s...North American? Northrup?
Back has printed, under the Cannon jack:
REF: SERVICE DIAGRAM
NO.30.0200 EREC AND
MAINT. MANUAL
Anybody got a good guess?
Edit: Occurred to me that it MIGHT be for a helicopter....
Ron Wanttaja