Category Archives: aircraft

Aircraft Insignia

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Aircraft Insignia poster prepared and distributed by Army Orientation Course, Special Service Division, Army Service Forces, U.S. War Department, 1943.

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Bombardier Duties

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

From Bombardiers’ Information File, War Department, March 1945: BOMBARDIER TO CREW Cooperate with pilot: Explain to him the principles of the bombing problem. Emphasize importance of not changing altitude or airspeed radically during bombing run and of informing you before … Continue reading →

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Ditching a B-17 Flying Fortress at Sea

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Emergency procedures for a forced landing at sea from the Pilot’s Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: FORCED DESCENT AT SEA 1. As complete evacuation of the airplane should not take over 30 seconds, preflight practice drills should be participated … Continue reading →

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How to Fly the P-47

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

How to Fly the P-47: Pilot Familiarization War Department Training Film 107-A How to Fly the P-47: Ground Handling, Take-Off, Normal Flight and Landing War Department Training Film 107-B How to Fly the P-47: High Altitude Flight and Aerobatics War … Continue reading →

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K-14 Gyroscopic Gunsight

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following operating instructions for the K-14 Gyroscopic Gunsight are reproduced from the Pilot Training Manual for the Thunderbolt P-47N, Headquarters, Army Air Forces, September 1945. As you adjust the K-14 gyroscope gunsight, it automatically gives you the correct lead … Continue reading →

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G.I. Nightmare

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Test your aircraft recognition skills and knowledge of WW2 German aircraft with this quiz from “Antiaircraft Artillery Notes,” No. 13, January 1945. Answers after the page break.

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First Army AAA Versus the Luftwaffe

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Operational antiaircraft report from “Antiaircraft Artillery Notes,” No. 8, December 13, 1944. This attack was mounted by the Luftwaffe’s Jagdgeschwader 4 (JG 4). The aircraft displayed the black-white-black bands of JG 4. SUBJECT: First Army AAA Versus the Luftwaffe. SOURCE: AA Section, … Continue reading →

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Chaff

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Chaff can take it… you can’t! Know chaff and use it!” Ninth Air Force (IX Tactical Air Command) training poster: See Also: Flak Traps

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Don’t Do Loops in a B-17

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Don’t roll or loop your B-17 bomber. Important pilot restrictions for the B-17 Flying Fortress from the Pilot’s Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress:   DON’T lower flaps at speeds in excess of 147 mph! DON’T dive in excess of … Continue reading →

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Messerschmitt Bf 109

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

 

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