By: Jag248rpa - 5th May 2014 at 20:23
That would be great. Let me see if I can get more pictures taken from RCAF 5447.
By: Rocketeer - 4th May 2014 at 23:45
Well, today I was going thru my unidentified Hurricane stuff and found the main bracket for the dimmer seen in your pix. Do you have more pix of the unit when it was on the bench please?
The part number on the screen main bracket is A102391 with B77169 – it comes from a BoB shot down Hurri.
If I can get more pix, I’ll pop one together (for P3554) and make some drawings etc.
By: Jag248rpa - 13th April 2014 at 19:26
I have the drawing for the Hurricane gun sight mount. But the screen holder isn’t shown on the drawing.
By: Edgar Brooks - 13th April 2014 at 14:19
The part/drawing no., for the Spitfire mount, is 30030 sheet 87G; there’s a hint, on it, that it was made up from various castings bolted together, so there might not be a separate no for the screen holder.
By: Rocketeer - 12th April 2014 at 18:39
sorry no. It looks like the spitfire one. i thought the Hurri was smaller. I will need to sort mine – one day soon!
By: Jag248rpa - 12th April 2014 at 18:03
Tony, would happen to know the part number for this piece?
By: Rocketeer - 12th April 2014 at 08:30
it is the dimmer screen
By: Edgar Brooks - 12th April 2014 at 07:56
Quite possibly it held the (sliding) antiglare filter (think dark glasses.) A wire was usually fitted on one side, so that the pilot could slide it up or down at will, if he was trying to sight into the sun’s glare.