OK Looks like "Tank, supercharger oil" GE supercharger No 30 in attached pix
This is P-47 but could be any a/c fitted with same or similar supercharger .
Hope this helps, would like to know whats written on side of tankitten on side of tank
Thanks Wurger,
I should have mentioned I have had no problems in the past.
We have just gone onto our new broadband network called NBN -SHOULD BE 'NBG'
FAST but all sorts of problems.
I wrote a little Visual Basic downloader - works fine - will do for now
Bobby
Adelaide, Australia
Hey ho and all that jazz,
Having some problems downloading attachments, e.g.:
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/bombsightxiv-pdf.539446/
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/b-17-part-1-pdf.33566/
Tried different browsers with same result,
advice would be appreciated
Bobby
Hey there,
41-22823-2 'Channel - Wing spar station 12 Upper & Lower' B-17E parts manual - not found in B-17F or B-17G parts manual
At this stage unable to find a drawing
Any other part numbers to look for ?
EUREKA found it
B-17E part 14-1945-2 Battery (Type G-1) (drawing S40H5415) (Government furnished)
ESB were still going in the 60's making car batteries with trade names "Exide" & "Hycap-Exide"
and advertising slogans of "Why Mr Can-do gets thing done;...."
For info
E.S.B. Co was "Electric Storage Battery Co" of Philadelphia, PA & their supplier code was "20038"
They supplied at least for C-47
Cheers,
Bobby
Going through C-47 parts list
"part no 6FHM13-1 BATTERY :ASSY. EXIDE (TYPE 88AH) (20038)"
20038 being E.S.B. Co
"G-1 Battery" still eludes ne
OK,
from Department of Defense: MIL-STD-196E "Joint Electronics Type Designation System" (AN/xxx-***)"
entry reads " AN/ARW-61 - H3A. AN/ARW-61 Ann TM-61 (KP "Matador")."
R-393 would be the receiver portion of the complete equipment set.
also from TM 11-487C-1/MIL-HDBK-162A "MILITARY...
Found it !!
AN/ARW - Airborne Flight/Remote Control Radio
AN/ARW-61 used in Cruise missile USAF Matador TM-61
So, where have you stashed the missile ? :shock:
Bobby
Hi, I usually use FIREFOX as a browser, now doesn't seem to work on the forum.
I am now on an old laptop Win 7 with IE which seems to have uploaded the file - as for creating a new post, for the life of me as an old man I can no longer find a "NEW POST" button