PDF 12 MANUALS INFORMATION FILES PILOT BOMBARDIER GUNNER B-29 AAF WWII DVD-ROM

Description: You are bidding on a DVD-ROM containing twelve high-quality (300 lpm) full-color scans (PDF files) of five WWII-vintage bomber information files. These were standard issue for the crew of the B-17, the B-24, the B-29 and other allied bombers and fighters. Six of the manuals are over 200 pages each. All manuals have been indexed by OCR for easy scanning, plus there is an overall index for all 12 volumes. Do a search for the "Gibson Girl" rescue radio and you will pop up the "emergencies" section of each manual that has one. In addition to the information files, there are a number of additional files for a total of 25 (plus the index). Free shipping for CONUS. More for foreign. Direct download is available. After purchase, send me a note requesting download. For foreign, I will refund shipping charges if download is requested. As I have edited every page of every manual to remove blemishes and scanning problems, the images in these files differ from the original manuals. My changes are all copyright 2004-2023. Permission is given for personal, educational, and research use only. The manuals are as follows: "Pilots' Information File" Flight (runway markings, taxiing, buzzing) weather flying, altitude flying (oxygen equipment), power plant (fuel, superchargers), the airplane (landing gear, flaps, trim, control locks), navigation aids (aeronautical charts, wind, dead reckoning), emergency (ditching, parachutes, smoke grenades). Also included are two booklets containing loose pages for Revisions 14 and 15 from 1944 and 1945. "Bombardiers' Information File" Fundamentals (bombing tables, bombing analysis) Computers (E-6B, G-1, time-of-run computations), instrument calibration and navigation (Magnetic compass, gyro-stabilized flux gate compass, astro-compass, dead reckoning, radio navigation), autopilot (formation stick, directional panel turns), M-series bombsight (Norden), armament (bombs, AN-M30A1 100-lb through AN-M56A1 4000-lb), combat bombing (flak analysis, formation, bombing through overcase) "Gunners' Information File" This is your gun, the Browning .50-caliber (the seven functional groups, field-stripping, operation and maintenance, gunsights) Sighting and sights (calibration, maintenance, use), Turrets (Martin Upper, Sperry Ball, Sperry Retractable Ball, Sperry Upper, Consolidated Tail, Emerson Nose, Bendix Chin, Bendix Upper). THIS MANUAL IS UNUSUAL - IT HAS THE CHAPTER ON AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION THAT IS USUALLY MISSING. IT ALSO HAS THE INDEX (ALSO USUALLY MISSING). IN ADDITION, IT HAS AN EXTRA SECTION THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE ENTITLED "Gunnery in the B-29 - Instructions for the Remote-Control Turret System." THIS IS USUALLY ISSUED SEPARATELY AS AAF MANUAL NUMBER 27. "Aircrewman's Gunnery Manual". This is the Navy version of the above "Gunners' Information File". It has information on Navy fighter guns as well as the guns and gun turrets on the PBY-4 (the Navy version of the B-24). These are listed as OPNAV 33-40 and NAVAER 00-80S-40, 1944, 330 pages. It has some sections that are word-for-word like the GIF above, but it has other sections where it describes a number of different guns, sights, mounts, and turrets that are not referenced in the GIF. Covers Grumman ball turrets, Erco tear-drop turrets, Martin ball turrets, and others. The gun mounts are the Mark 6, Mark 10 and Mark 11 (rather than the E-11 and E-12 in the GIF). It describes the gun sight Mark 18 which is not in the GIF. It does not have the aircraft recognition section. It only has the three sections on guns, sights, and turrets, but those three sections comprise 330 pages (they are only about 275 pages in the GIF). "Radar Observers' Bombardment Information File" ROBIF 1945, 190p. THIS MANUAL IS HARD TO FIND. It describes the radar that was used on the B-29 bomber. Sections are Introduction, General (Radar Observer's Responsibility), Radar Equipment (AN/APQ-13, AN/APS-15A, AN/APQ-5B), Auxiliary Radar Equipment (IFF, Loran), Radar Navigation, Radar Bombing, Radar Bombing Procedures (Drift Correction, Procedure Turns), Radar Intelligence, Radar Photography. This is a remarkable volume on the use of what today would be considered primitive vacuum-tube equipment, but must have seemed miraculous at the time - cutting through fog and smoke like it wasn't there. A real piece of history. "Navigators' Information File" Dead Reckoning, pilotage and radio aids (wind, radio compass, directional gyro) Celestial (star charts, aircraft sextants, celestial compass) Tactical Operations (vision at night, camouflage, air identification, polar navigation) Crew duties, Navigation Weather, Emergencies. This one also has three booklets - Revision 1, 2, and 3. These each contain 30-40 pages that are to replace pages in the manuals. I left them as separate PDF files so you could see the history of how these books changed with time. For instance, one revision has a new set of star charts replacing the Mercator projection with that looks like on orthographic projection. "Radio Operators' Information File" Tactical Operations (booby traps and land mines, altitude operation), Radio Operating Procedure (logs, signals, cryptographics, weather codes, prosigns and prowords), Liaison Equipment (BC-375 power transmitter, BC-348 receiver), Command Equipment (ARC-5), Navigational Equipment (SCR-269 radio compass, SCS-51 Instrument Landing System, Radar), Climatic Extremes, Emergencies (SCR-278 "Gibson Girl" rescue ratio) I included several manuals on the radios described in the ROIF, including manuals on the BC-348 receiver (3 manuals), the SCR-278 "Gibson Girl" rescue radio (2 manuals), and the BC-375-E transmitter. "Fighter Gunnery" Army Air Forces Training Command issue, 1944, 180p. This manual teaches the basics of ballistics as it applies to guns mounted on fighter airplanes. This is another hard-to-find manual. There are lengthy discussions of how to "lead" the target, how to estimate range, how to use the optical sight, and many more. Sections include Limits of Effective Range, the Optical Sight, Harmonization, Range Estimation, Deflection Allowance, Curves of Pursuit, Synthetic Training Devices, Gun Camera and Assessing, Camera Firing Exercises, Air Firing Practice, Appendix 1 - Ballistics, Appendix 2 - Curves of Pursuit. "Polar Guide" AFTRC Manual 50-0-23, 1947, 176 pages, including big (20"x30") fold-out maps that were in the back pouch. These are military aircraft maps of Canada and Alaska. Chapters are Character of the Country, Living, Maintenance, Operations, Survival. It has a short English-Eskimo phrasebook at the end as well, in case you ever wanted to know how to say "Where is the Trading Post?" in Eskimo ("kab-LOO-na nowk" - literally "Where does the white man live?"). "Instructions for Arctic Operation" Army Air Forces Technical Order number T.O. 00-60-3, 1943, 34 pages. This manual covers the nuts and bolts of Arctic operation. Chapters include Airplane in Flight, Airplane on the Ground, Personnel on the Ground, Signals to Searchers and Camp Making, Ariel and Ground Photographic Operations in Extreme Cold, Care of Equipment, Topography and Animals, Arctic Phenomena, Partial List of Arctic Equipment. "Aircraft Maintenance in the Desert" Army Air Forces Technical Order number T.O. 00-60C-1, 1943, 10 pages. This is the flip side of the Arctic Operation manual. Chapters include Desert Aircraft Maintenance, Aircraft and Desert Heat, Suggestions Pertaining to Refueling, Precautions and Preflight. "Visual Inspection System for Airplanes" Army Air Forces Technical Order number T.O. 00-20A, 1943, 32 pages. This codifies how airplane inspection is done and introduces us to the forms that are used. There are examples of all the forms in the back, filled out with a hypothetical inspector in the "correct" manner.

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