Douglas A-20B upper flexible gun

[=FB=VikS]

Hello Everyone!

A-20B had an .50 M2 at top installed, but there is some questions:

- is there any schematics of this mount available?;
- some sources say it had an E-8 gun adapter - any information about it available?;
- gunsight installed at top is a kind of a telescopic gunsight (check attached pic) - any information about it? what kind of reticle it had? Magnification present? etc.

Thanks!

 

[dogsbody]

Not what you're looking for, but the mount on a Boston.


Chris

 

[MiTasol]

Here is the E-8 mount and you can find very little more by looking on the net for 00-25-10 Index of Aeronautical Equipment Volume 5 Armament

View attachment 355360

The same manual has the gun sight mount as type C-4 on page 58 and E-5 sight on page 82 - nothing on E-4 sight in my copy

 

[MiTasol]

My apologies for the mess above - the message would not put the pictures where I wanted them and would not delete the duplicated pictures during initial writing or editing
Clipboard 1 is the E-8 mount

If one of the forum moderators is willing to clean my mess up I would be very grateful

Mi