WW II German Aviation Aircraft Vorratsanzeiger - FUEL GAUGE #2 - Si204 - NICE!

Description

You are bidding on a VERY NICE used example of a WW2 German Luftwaffe 0-300 / 0-230 Litre Elek. Vorrats-Anzeiger (Electrical Fuel Gauge), Fl. 20723 , used ONLY in the famous German Siebel Si-204 Trainer and Transport aircraft!
The Siebel Si 204 was a small twin-engined transport and trainer aircraft developed in World War II. It was based on the Fh 104 Hallore. Originally designed in response to an RLM development order for a small civil transport aircraft in 1938, it was eventually produced for the Luftwaffe.
After the beginning of the war, the aircraft was redesigned as a trainer aircraft with a full "stepless" glass cockpit, as had been initiated with the He 111P in early 1938, with no separate flat windscreen for the pilot (much as almost all German bomber aircraft of the time were being designed), which seemed to be better for blind flying in the Si 204's case.
At that time, Siebel produced the Junkers Ju 88 under licence, so only 15 prototypes were able to be built in Halle. As a result, Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord (SNCAN) in France produced the A-0 preseries A-1 production passenger aircraft between April 1942 and November 1943.
Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk (ČKD, called Böhmisch-Mährische Maschinenfabrik AG [BMM] in German) in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia delivered the first blind flying trainer D-0 in January 1943 followed by production of a further 44 D-0 preseries aircraft. The D-1 series was begun in March 1943 by Aero, also in the Protectorate, and by BMM in June or July 1943. In August 1943, SNCAN also delivered their first D-1.
Production of the D-3 was started in October 1944 by Aero Vodochody. The D-3 had wooden wings and a tail-plane made of wood and metal. French production of the D-1 was ended in August 1944 after the Liberation. SNCAN produced a total of 168 units of the Si 204. BMM produced the aircraft until October 1944 and then changed to producing spare parts for the Si 204. The Aero company was scheduled to cease production of the D-1 in March 1945 after building 486 aircraft and then switch to D-3 only. The aircraft, however, was only built until January 1945 with 541 completed.
Therefore, total production was 1,216 (until January 1945) including the prototypes; some production in other countries continued after the war ended.
Made by aluminum this instrument is in EXCELLENT used condition and all dials work smoothly and correctly.
95% of the original finish remains, and the Fl. label is 90% complete!
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t clearly indicates "Si204" in the data area of the casing.
There are a couple of marks due to the age, but otherwise quite nice.
This would make a FANTASTIC addition to any collection, panel re-build, or restoration project!
Please email me if you need additional photos or information.
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