A.M. Bombing Teacher Mk.III

Air Ministry Specification G.392

I find I have this specification in my collection, dated September 1936

Specification for Bombing Teacher Mk III.

Unfortunately it doesn’t include the drawings, thou all the 61 drawings required are listed.

I also have descriptive and instructional notes on the bombing teacher.
It is suggested that these notes are to be used before the information is formally embodied in a printed Air Publication. Since I acquired these documents in Australia, it most likely is referring to an AAP.

These notes include 18 pages without diagrams as to how to install and use

Is there any specific information anyone would like to know?

turretboy, Photo of one at Metheringham here;
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p47364080.html

You might want to ask the question on AiX too, there will be guys there who would tell you how it all worked!

Richard, thanks for the link to the photo and I will also have to check out the AiX forum.

Mike
This is not the same as the machinery we have at the museum.

The pieces at Nanton seem to be for something much larger.

turretboy, Photo of one at Metheringham here;
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p47364080.html

You might want to ask the question on AiX too, there will be guys there who would tell you how it all worked!

Mike
This is not the same as the machinery we have at the museum.

Mystery solved…..I found this online today.

Thanks for your email Peter.

Does anyone have any pictures of the bomber trainer buildings that they could post?

Regards,

I may be wrong but I reckon it is the vital piece of equipment used in the standard AML Bombing Trainer building found on the dispersed Instructional Site of many WW2 RAF OTU airfields. Quite a few of these distinctive 2-storey buildings survive but I know of none with their original equipment still fitted. I think the moving map at Old Warden is post-war (possibly from Thurleigh/Bedford) but the Museum of Flight at East Fortune did have a large original ex AML BT moving map which I saw in store there in the 1980s. Maybe they still have it?

Mike
I dont have any on hand but I can find out for you. I remember in an old newsletter we had an article requesting more info on them .
Peter

Sorry Ollie,

I have no idea if this is the same type that Shuttleworth has. My internet searches haven’t found anything and don’t know where another might exist.

Peter, do you have any pictures?

mike we have the machinery to mount the maps on….

I know you are, but i was just asking if this is the same type of machine that the Shuttleworth collection has a part of a map for.

I am located in Canada, no affiliation with the Shuttleworth collection.

Would this be anything to do with the map section that the Shuttleworth collection has?