By: Peter - 20th January 2011 at 00:06
No new ones to find anymore Cees. This one is being slowly restored by a private owner.
By: CeBro - 19th January 2011 at 19:49
Peter,
Doesn’t surprise me, a new Boly airframe found? Or just one of the large number of complete airframes rotting away in Canada. Until someone European starts asking questions and then the wreck is suddenly very valuable.:dev2:
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By: Peter - 18th January 2011 at 23:11
Thanks guys your the best! I have let him know!
Cees, they were also fitted to bolingbrokes. See attached.
By: hindenburg - 18th January 2011 at 22:03
They`re quite rare too Peter.
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th January 2011 at 20:29
Yes, they all seem to be.
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th January 2011 at 20:28
Indicator
Judging by the discoloured nature of the markings on the dial it looks a little bit “hot” to me.
Anon.
By: wieesso - 18th January 2011 at 19:56
You can find a pic of a similar bomb steering indicator here
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/help.htm
By: CeBro - 18th January 2011 at 17:14
Yep, used in th earlier machines, Hampden, Halifax, Beaufort to name a few. Peter if you Halifax panel has a large hole in the top lefthand side next to the BFP, there is where the bomb steering indicator was fitted. When the later Mk XIV bomb sight was in use, the indicator was removed.
They are also quite rare I understand.
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By: Arabella-Cox - 18th January 2011 at 16:22
Steering indicator for a Mk IX Course Setting Bombsight (or MK. VII).
By: Bruce - 18th January 2011 at 15:57
Red and greeen – port and stbd – its a steering indicator, or beam indicator of some type.
Yes, fitted to some Mossies.
By: ian_ - 18th January 2011 at 15:24
There is a very similar one top left on some Mosquito panels, although 1940 seems a bit early. Have been looking at a lot of Mossie cockpit shots recently!
will try and find a matching photo.
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January 18, 2011 at 2:32 pm