September 9, 2009 at 10:19 am
I’m hoping someone out there can explain the correct combinations of parts used for the gunner’s radio lead in WW2 RAF bomber turrets.
I’m working on the B&P Type C for a Hudson but I guess the various FNs would have been the same.
The circuit diagram in the manual shows a 4-wire Mic/telephone jack.
I have some lead sets which are a 10H/735 plug into a 10H/2206 socket (the 6 is a bit indistinct but I’m pretty sure it isn’t a 5 nor a B). The other end of these leads has another smaller socket 10H/18574 on it.
I have an RAAF, not RAF, manual of standard parts and can find none of the above parts in it. The closest I can come is a 10H/625 “Socket, telephone” which is depicted with a 4-wire lead. I can’t find any plug remotely resembling the 10H/735.
Any explanations would be most gratefully received, especially any pix showing how the sockets were mounted in the turrets.
tia