Instrument panels for World War 2 B1. Planes. THIS IS AN ACTUAL FULL SIZED PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OVER GERMANY AND AVAILABLE ON e. BAY. I PURCHASED THIS PHOTOGRAPH ON EBAY AND I AM PRETTY SURE THEY. ARE STILL FOR SALE THERE. I SAY PHOTOGRAPH AND IT IS A. PHOTOGRAPH, THE BIGGEST ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT MEASURES OVER. SIX FEET WIDE BY THREE FEET HIGH. ACCORDING TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER. IT WAS TAKEN IN AN ACTUAL B 1. AT ALTITUDE OVER GERMANY. THE. DETAIL IS FANTASTIC AND THE SCALE IS PERFECT. MAIN INSTRUMENTS. MEASURE 3 18 EXACTLY I BOUGHT IT FOR DETAIL AND YOU MAY AS. WELL BE RIGHT IN THE COCKPIT,. IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER. THAN THIS. IF YOU SEARCH B 1. PANEL IN EBAY, YOU SHOULD FIND THEM. EASILY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND CANT FIND THEM ILL SEND YOU. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. By Max Gadney 6262007 Gear, World War II, World War II Weapons Manual Weapons Manual, a featured department in World War II magazine, takes an in depth. The Lockheed P38 Lightning is a World War II American fighter aircraft. Developed to a United. THE PROPER URL. WHEN I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO COME ACCROSS SOME ORIGINAL. B 1. 7 PANEL DRAWINGS, I DECIDED TO BUILD A 3. D PANEL AND. THEN AN ACTUAL PROTOTYPE. SEE MY STORY UNDER HISTORY. THIS IS THE NORDEN BOMBSIGHT. In fact this is the probably the most famous Norden Bomb Sight of them all. Victor 4120, an M9B, is the sight that was used by Tom. DEVELOPMENT OF AIRBORNE ARMAMENT. Prepared under the provisions of Air Force Regulation 2103 and Air Force Systems Command Supplement No. M4T runs on a dedicated server, with up to 300 members logging in every day our site consumes alot of bandwidth To help maintain the site we ask our members guests. W-Ordnance-4-HT-Sep09.jpg' alt='Norden Bombsight Manual' title='Norden Bombsight Manual' />ALL THE PANEL LIGHTS ARE FUNCTIONAL, EVEN ON THIS. PROTOTYPE. I ALSO GOT A COUPLE OF THE ORIGINAL C 5. COCKPIT LIGHTS THAT WERE USED IN THE B 1. S AND. WIRED THEM UP TO THE RHEOSTAT SWITCHES ON THE FAR. This is a Motor Products hydraulic nose turret that will be used in this restoration project. This specific turret was found in a scrap yard in. LEFT SIDE OF THE PANEL. AT NIGHT I CAN POSITION THESE. LIGHTS, TURN THE DARK RED LENS FILTERS TO THE ON. POSITION AND IT LOOKS TRULY AWSOME, EVERYTHING GLOWING. AND LIT UP JUST AS THE ORIGINAL DID. I WIRED UP A 2. 4. VOLT DC POWER SUPPLY TO GIVE ME THE JUICE NEEDED. BULBS. AND LAMPS ARE RATED AT 2. VOLTS, BUT THE SMALL DIFFERENCE. DOESNT MATTER AT ALL AND PROBABLY SAVES MY BULBS. THE. INDICATOR LAMPS 1. SHOWING ARE ORIGINAL UNITS STRIPPED. FROM WWII AIRCRAFT AND STILL HAD A LOT OF WIRES SHOWING. THEY ARE ADJUSTABLE AND WHEN THE FRONT BEZEL IS ROTATED. THREE SMALL TRIANGLES CHANGE SIZE TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF. LUMINATION. I GOT YTHESE LAMPS FROM. THINK HE STILL HAS A SUPPLY OF THEM IN RED AND AMBER COLOR. I HAVE COME A LONG WAY AND STILL AM LEARNING AND. MAKING PROGRESS ALONG THE WAY. SOON I WILL BE. ASSEMBLING MY FIRST ORIGINAL TYPE B 1. PANELS TO. THE CORRECT PLYWOOD FRAME AND I WILL BE POSTING. PICTURES OF THE PROGRESS. PLS HAVE A LOOK IN THE. HISTORY SECTION TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT I AM. HERE IS A CUT AWAY SECTIONAL VIEW THROUGH THE. PANEL OF AN ORIGINAL B 1. DRAWING. THIS RIB. PANEL FALLS RIGHT BETWEEN THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE. AND THE TACHOMETERS AND SEPARATES THE RIGHT AND. CENTER PANELS. YOU CAN SEE EASILY HOW THE EDGES. ARE ROUTED INTO EACH OTHER, WHICH, WHEN AFTER. GLUING GIVES IT THE STRENGTH. A CRUDE BEGINNING I HAD ALREADY AMASSED QUITE A FEW ORIGINAL. INSTRUMENTS AND DECIDED TO CREATE A PROTOTYPE. PANEL. I USED A FULL SHEET OF 31. LUAN PLYWOOD AND MOUNTED WHATEVER I HAD. ADDING TO THEM AS MY COLLECTION INCREASED. A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE HAS. BEEN REPLACED WITH MORE ORIGINAL. INSTRUMENTATION AS I FOUND IT ON EBAY. NEVER A PROBLEM AS IF YOU GET SOMETHING YOU. DONT LIKE IT WILL SELL AND I NEVER LOST ANY. MONEY ON THE WRONG TYPE OR DIAL COATING. HERE IS A TYPICAL B 1. G PANEL. THERE ARE MANY REVISIONS BUT THIS IS AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO THE. ORIGINAL LAYOUT IN THE MANUAL. THIS IS THE REAR VIEW OF AN ACTUAL B 1. G INSTUMENT. PANEL SCANNED FROM AN ORIGINAL MANUAL. THE WOOD. GRAIN IS EASILY SEEN IN THE PLYWOOD FRAMETHIS IS THE FRONT VIEW OF THE SAME B 1. G PANEL. SHOWING ALL INSTRUMENT LOCATIONS. Please let me know what you think of my site I am currently as of August 2. Palm Bay, Florida. If you have an interest in one, please feel free to contact me at b. Also, please have a look at my new Facebook page b. The Militaria. Webring. World. Militaria. B 1. 7 Crewmen Duties and Responsibilities Home About Us Contact Us Donate Newsletter 8th AFHS Links FAQ Facebook Search  Personnel Aircraft Nose Art B 1. Thunderbird Ground Support Uniforms Journals More Info  Mission Reports Combat Crews Individual Photos Photos POW KIA MACR Overseas Graves TAPS B 1. Crew Requirements and Standard Operating Procedures. Crew Composition. Crewmen Duties. Clothing. Oxygen. Navigators. Bombardiers. Gunners. Observers. Intelligence. Engines. Take off and Assembly. Formation. 41st CBW Assembly. Landing. Sorties. Duties and Responsibilities of. THE AIRPLANE COMMANDERFrom the B 1. Pilot Training Manual 1. Your assignment to the B 1. You are now an airplane commander, charged with all the duties and responsibilities of a command post. You are now flying a 1. It is your airplane, and your crew. You are responsible for the safety and efficiency of the crew at all times not just when you are flying and fighting, but for the full 2. Your crew is made up of specialists. Each man whether he is the navigator, bombardier, engineer, radio operator, or one of the gunners is an expert in his line. But how well he does his job, and how efficiently he plays his part as a member of your combat team, will depend to a great extent on how well you play your own part as the airplane commander. Get to know each member of your crew as an individual. Know his personal idiosyncrasies. Take a personal interest in his problems, his ambitions, his need for specific training. See that your men are properly quartered, clothed, and fed. There will be many times, when your airplane and crew are away from the home base, when you may even have to carry your interest to the extent of financing them yourself. Remember always that you are the commanding officer of a miniature army a specialized army and that morale is one of the biggest problems for the commander of any army, large or small. Crew Discipline. Your success as the airplane commander will depend in a large measure on the respect, confidence, and trust which the crew feels for you. It will depend also on how well you maintain crew discipline. Your position commands obedience and respect. This does not mean that you have to be. Such characteristics most certainly will defeat your purpose. Be friendly, understanding, but firm. Know your job and, by the way you perform your. Keep close to your men, and. Make fair decisions, after. Crew discipline is vitally important, but it. Good discipline in an air crew breeds comradeship. You can be a good CO, and still be a regular guy. You can command respect from your men, and still be one of them. To associate discipline with informality, comradeship, a leveling of rank, and at times a. Group commander in the VIII Bomber Command. Certainly, it isnt down the military groove. But it is discipline just the same and the kind of discipline that brings success in the air. Train your crew as a team. Keep abreast of their training. It wont be possible for you to. Get to know each mans duties and problems. Know his job, and try to devise ways and means of helping him to perform it more efficiently. Each crew member naturally feels great pride in the importance of his particular specialty. You can help him to develop his pride to include the manner in which he performs that duty. To do that you must possess and maintain a thorough knowledge of each mans job and the problems he has to deal with in the performance of his duties. Duties and Responsibilities of. THE COPILOT. The copilot is the executive officer your chief assistant, understudy, and strong right arm. He must be familiar enough with every one of your duties both as pilot and as airplane commander to be able to take over and act in your place at any time. He must he able to fly the airplane under all conditions as well as you would fly it yourself. He must he extremely proficient in engine operation, and know instinctively what to do to keep the airplane flying smoothly even though he is not handling the controls. He must have a thorough knowledge of cruising control data, and know how to apply it at the proper time. He is also the engineering officer aboard the airplane, and maintains a complete log of performance data. He must be a qualified instrument pilot. He must he able to fly good formation in any assigned position, day or night. He must he qualified to navigate by day or at night by pilotage, dead reckoning, and by use of radio aids. He must be proficient in the operation of all radio equipment located in the pilots compartment. In formation flying, he must be able to make engine adjustments almost automatically. He must be prepared to take over on instruments when the formation is climbing through. Always remember that the copilot is a fully trained, rated pilot just like yourself. He is subordinate to you only by virtue of your position as the airplane commander. The B 1. 7 is a lot of airplane more airplane than any one pilot can handle alone over a long period of time. Therefore, you have been provided with a second pilot who will share the duties of flight operation. Treat your copilot as a brother pilot. Remember that the more proficient he is as a pilot, the more efficiently he will be able to perform the duties of the vital post he holds as your second in command. Be sure that he is allowed to do his share of the flying, in the pilots seat, on takeoffs, landings, and on instruments. The importance of the copilot is eloquently testified to by airplane commanders overseas. There have been many cases in which the pilot has been disabled or killed in flight and the copilot has taken full command of both airplane and crew, completed the mission, and returned safely to the home base. Usually, the copilots who have distinguished themselves under such conditions have been copilots who have been respected and trained by the airplane commander as pilots. Bear in mind that the pilot in the right hand seat of your airplane is preparing himself. Allow him every chance to develop his ability and to. Duties and Responsibilities of. The navigators job is to direct your flight from departure to destination and return. He must know the exact position of the airplane at all times. Navigation is the art of determining geographic positions by means of a pilotage, b dead reckoning, c radio, or d celestial navigation, or any combination of these 4 methods. By any one or combination of methods the navigator determines the position of the airplane in relation to the earth. Pilotage is the method of determining the airplanes position by visual reference to the ground. Apple Wireless Keyboard Vista Driver. The importance of accurate pilotage cannot over emphasized. In combat navigation, all bombing targets are approached by pilotage, and in many theaters the route is maintained by pilotage. This requires not merely the vicinity type, but pin point pilotage. The exact position of the airplane must be known not within 5 miles but within of a mile. The navigator does this by constant reference to groundspeeds and ETAs established for points ahead, the ground, and to his maps and charts. During the mission, so long as he can maintain visual contact with the ground, the navigator can establish these pin point positions so that the exact track of the airplane will be known when the mission is completed. Dead reckoning is the basis of all other types of navigation. For instance, if the navigator is doing pilotage and computes ETAs for points ahead, he is using dead reckoning.