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29-09-2007, 02:52 PM
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You're Top Poster: #1   | Aircraft Turrets I'm fascinated by the many different tyes of aircraft gun-turrets used during the war. I'm in the process of buying "BRITISH AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT" by Clarke (2 volumes for £50 which is a bargain because Volume 1 on Gun Turrets is extremely scarce). The book is a must because there are no other comprehensive guides to the one-off experiments carried out by Boulton and FN. However, there are a few good websites around: http://www.navylib.com/Turrets!!!.htm http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/USNAVY/CHAPTER-23-B.html http://liberatorcrew.com/AircraftGunnery.htm
__________________ _________________  Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. Last edited by Kyt; 29-09-2007 at 03:45 PM. |
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29-09-2007, 03:58 PM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | http://liberatorcrew.com/Manuals/AGM.htm The actual manual is 337 pages long, and packed full of virtually everything a gunner would need to know.
__________________ _________________ Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
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29-09-2007, 04:09 PM
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__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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29-09-2007, 04:11 PM
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I have the Lancaster servicing manual which has a section on the armament, also the B29 crew manual which has a section for gunners. But Gunners and their equipment are a forgotten bred on the internet
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You're Top Poster: #1 | FN.21A Turret The FN21A underside turret was intended to be fitted to the Avro Manchester. The idea sounded quite good on paper but turned out to be a complete disaster in practice. The problems and pictures attached come from Avro Manchester: The Legend behind the Lancaster by Kirby (excellent book, with complete developmental and operational history, and a brief history of every Manchester built).
__________________ _________________ Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. Last edited by Kyt; 04-10-2007 at 11:20 PM. |
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