November 29, 2016 at 12:00 am
A fellow warbird enthusiast shared with me a very helpful reference document that links RAF/RAAF WWII-era aircraft instruments to the aircraft which used them. I’ve been searching for a document like this for years, and finally found it thanks to my new friend from down under :eagerness:. The document is RAAF 346 Types and Locations of Instruments in RAAF, dated 1945. The document lists both British and US-manufactured aircraft used in the RAAF during that era and instruments by function with their manufacturer and part number, with both the RAAF and RAF reference numbers (unfortunately, it doesn’t include RCAF reference numbers, so I’m still looking for that info and would appreciate any help there). If you have an instrument with a reference number, this 138-page chart may help to trace its history.
I’ve posted it as a pdf file on my military aviation / warbird artifacts website, and anyone may download as well as other instrument reference files that I’ve picked up over the years (these are public documents that we citizens paid for with our tax dollars over the last century and people should not be charging for them IMHO).
It can be found here, just scroll about halfway down the page:
http://aeroantique.com/pages/downloads
By: Graham.A - 30th November 2016 at 04:45
Nice file! Now to find an RAF equivalent for all the aircraft operated by the RAF during WWII. That would have even more info!
By: VACB - 29th November 2016 at 11:44
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.
By: anneorac - 29th November 2016 at 08:51
Well that’s all rather splendid! Some of the links are also highly useful.
Thank you.
Anne
By: Versuch - 29th November 2016 at 05:02
Nice work 2banaviator , a very interesting and useful site.
Kind Regards Mike