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Offline udet

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« on: July 26, 2002, 02:16:50 PM »
If anybody has pictures of the radioman's instrument panel in the B24 or any other US bomber please post them here or give the link.
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2002, 03:28:48 PM »
Udet if you have B-17 2 (flop of a game btw) they have a pretty good setup of the radioman position in the B-17 for the game. I am not sure how close it is in accuracy but I would think it would not be far off the mark since they wanted internal visuals to be a big part of the game.
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2002, 03:37:13 PM »
Here's a picture of the radio operator's station in the B-17G "Mary Alice" at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford:



From the B-17G "Picadilly Princess" at the Fantasy of Flight museum in Polk City, FL:





From the B-17G "Nine-O-Nine", maintained by the Collings Foundation:



Starboard side of radio room:



And the rear bulkhead of the radio room:



I hope that gives you some of the information you need. Notice that the Collings Foundation aircraft is missing cabling visible in the Duxford aircraft.

The images were found in the B-17 Image Gallery of Tony Manninen's web site.
« Last Edit: July 26, 2002, 03:47:00 PM by Shiva »

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« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2002, 04:09:03 PM »
thanks a lot guys.

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« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2002, 04:18:47 PM »
i was looking for a radio tuning gauge that I got (thanks,muckmaw) :) looking through the pictures on the page that shiva provided, i found it in the cockpit of the B17, overhead panel.
« Last Edit: July 26, 2002, 04:23:24 PM by udet »