MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
From the June 1943 issue of Aviation Magazine.
Boulton Paul Power Turrets
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
That advertisement is great. If RBC needle bearings are good enough for Martin, they're certainly good enough for me!
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
My thought on the first page was: "Who needs a Boulton Paul Power Turret if you have enough P-47's?"
Skyediamonds
Staff Sergeant
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- May 26, 2018
My good God! Where on this earth did you find such a treasure trove of information like this? I thought I had bragging rights when I was (very) fortunate to gain access to the RAF's sole Defiant & took several detailed photos of both the front cockpit & rear turret interiors. That is, until this was posted. Great job! The literature really helped to clarify a lot about the inner workings of the turret.
As an aside, I didn't pay much attention to the silhouettes of those P-47s until you calked it out. Good question!
Gary
As an aside, I didn't pay much attention to the silhouettes of those P-47s until you calked it out. Good question!
Gary
MiTasol
2nd Lieutenant
I have more but you will need to remind me in mid September to post the whole document. I will not be able to scan it properly until then.
Skyediamonds
Staff Sergeant
- 1,083
- May 26, 2018
I'll gladly do thst, sir.
MiTasol
2nd Lieutenant
Well here it is at last - not finished so I will replace it when it is done which could be a month or two as many of the pages are what is politely called sexually distressed.
Like this one which is 450w x 333 high so cannot be scanned in a single pass on my A3 scanner. Thank the fates for Irfanview which allows me to graft pages easily.
I am chasing other sources to get copies for the damaged pages and the first one I bought is nice clean photocopies done black and white with an A4 copier of less than half the manual. The original pages are 205 x 333. A4 is 210 x 297 so the result is many of the pages are useless like this one. The rest are missing tops and bottoms but have provided some good pages after I attacked them with Irfanview and GIMP and grafted the missing text back on.
I did my dough as they say.
The pages are watermarked to prevent theft by a certain scumbag web site that is or was selling manuals I posted here for members and others to enjoy free.
Like this one which is 450w x 333 high so cannot be scanned in a single pass on my A3 scanner. Thank the fates for Irfanview which allows me to graft pages easily.
I am chasing other sources to get copies for the damaged pages and the first one I bought is nice clean photocopies done black and white with an A4 copier of less than half the manual. The original pages are 205 x 333. A4 is 210 x 297 so the result is many of the pages are useless like this one. The rest are missing tops and bottoms but have provided some good pages after I attacked them with Irfanview and GIMP and grafted the missing text back on.
I did my dough as they say.
The pages are watermarked to prevent theft by a certain scumbag web site that is or was selling manuals I posted here for members and others to enjoy free.
fubar57
General
Good stuff Mi. Thank you
Skyediamonds
Staff Sergeant
- 1,083
- May 26, 2018
Great stuff, indeed.
MiTasol
2nd Lieutenant
I forgot to add - if you need a page or two that are watermark free just pm me and I will send them
