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    Seeking manuals and info on Gunsights

    Good day, I’m looking for good copies of the following Gunsight manuals ; so if anybody can help ! - USAAF K-8, K-9,K-10 K-11 compensating Gunsights manuals - USAAF Lynn L-3 Gunsight - USN Aircraft Sight system Mk. 1 (OP 1670) - USN Illuminated Sight Mk 20 (OP 1671) - USN Aircraft...
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    US Navy and gyro gunsights in WWII

    Good day, Widespread use (at least by the 8th AF) of the K-14A and Mark 21 ("hijacked" from the Navy) gyro gunsights from early 1945 by the AAF is well known and documented. But what about its use by the US Navy on its own fighters and bombers? Facts are that the Navy was initially ahead...
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    OP 865 - Aviation Ordnance Equipment Catalog

    Thanks but i already got that one. Very nice and informative catalog btw. Anybody? Laurent
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    OP 865 - Aviation Ordnance Equipment Catalog

    Good day, I've been looking for a copy of this catalog published by the Navy Bureau of Ordnance for a long time but no luck. Can anyone help? Not looking for the whole catalog (it's quite a fex hundred pages) but just the pages dealing with gunsights and gunsight heads. Thanks in...
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    Mystery Mark 8 Navy gunsights

    Good day, N-3B sights are pretty common and are worth 50 to 100 USD. If you want to dispose of it, suggest best would be to decribe it properly and put it on Ebay. If the gunsight is fitted with a sight head with reflector glass (like in the photos attached), it may have a totally...
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    US Navy reflector gun sight

    Michael, Yes i do. Private Message (PM) sent. Regards, Laurent
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    US Navy reflector gun sight

    Good day Michael, what you have there is a standard Mark 8 sight used by the Navy from mid WWII onwards equiped with a Mark. 4 Mod. 0 sight head which is the right side up version of the Mark. 7 Mod. 0 head that you can see in the post indicated by Derek. Your sight was used in the AF-2S...
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    P-51 Mustang and Gunsights

    Good day, Have been trying for long to identify exactly what type of gunsights was used by the P-51D in USA(A)F and foreign AF. This is what i've found so far and i hope you can help me filling the blanks. K-14 (A, B C) : first was field mod once it became available mid 1944 and...
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    German turrets

    Thank you Undu, Now, thanks to your post, at last i now to which type of turrets/planes my E2A gunsight was fitted to. All the best for your projects. Very challenging. Laurent
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    Looking for a good copy of AP 1275E : Gun and R.P. Sights

    Good day Greyman, Thanks for your message. Especially looking for info on the Mark II sight (that was replaced by the Type I Mark I sight) and its sighting heads as well as any info on the Mk IIC and Mk IID gyro gunsights. Any help appreciated. Laurent
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    Looking for a good copy of AP 1275E : Gun and R.P. Sights

    Good day, Desperately looking for a good copy of this manual. I have the one dated 1945 but looking for ealier ones (with info on the Mark II sights) and post WWII one dealing with gyro sights. Can anyone help ? I would of course be more than pleased to send a good scanned or paper copy of...
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    Mystery Mark 8 Navy gunsights

    Good day, Mysteries solved thanks to a US collector : The Mark 8 Mod. 1 was, as also suggested by Sander, used in late WWII by Navy rocket firing planes like the Corsair, TBM and F6F The Mark 7 Mod. 0 was used in the P2V Neptune. Was positioned inverted in the cockpit (reason why the...
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    Help/assistance needed for future website on aircraft gun sights

    Good day all, collecting mostly US and British aircraft gunsights has been my main focus (along with original flight, E&M and parts manuals) for quite a few years now (60+ in the collection and adding more whenever possible) and i have to come to the concusion that : - collecting just for...
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    Mystery Mark 8 Navy gunsights

    Good day all, I'm new to this site which i "unfortunately" only discovered very recently. I must say its really a treasure trove of useful information. I've been collecting gunsights for quite a few years and had to come to the conclusion that detailed info on gunsights (especially US and...
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