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Sextant
Details: A navigation device that mounted to the aircraft, just above the Navigators station. It penetrated the fuselage and allowed the navigator to locate stars and determine the aircraft’s location relative to them.
A common prank used on new crew navigators was to rub brake dust on the eyepiece to leave a black smudge around the eye of the victim, which wasn’t discovered until they looked in the mirror.
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