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October 18, 2004 at 9:58 am

Kittyhawk Gun sight

Can anyone explain why this Kittyhawk has two gunsights ?.

Is one for the machine guns and the other for any bombs carried ?.

Is it standard practice to fit two sights ?

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By: Arabella-Cox - 18th March 2011 at 13:55

Thanks Buz – I’ll pop over and have a look now…:)

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By: H87A-2 - 18th March 2011 at 13:08

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Simon

I posted the reply to this on the RAF Commands board for you…

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By: Arabella-Cox - 17th March 2011 at 12:26

Hi all

Just to resurrect this thread with a question: would an RAF Kittyhawk I from early 1942 be fitted with the US gunsight (an N-2A model, I think it was), or would it have had a British replacement fitted instead?

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By: Papa Lima - 18th October 2004 at 10:32

The ring and bead sight is an emergency back-up, provided in case the electric gunsight failed.