RAF B25 MkII
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Benevolens Magister
Armament as stated, and MkIX bomb sight. The sight head is totally different to the Norden, but works in a similar fashion, and the bomb sight computer was on the port wall.
I'm not at home at the moment, so don't have access to my references and photos, but somewhere in the Modelling threads you'll find my un-finished build, converting the old Revell 1/48th "C" model to a later "D", with the waist windows and mid mounted upper turret. This shows the bomb sight arrangement, which I scratch-built.
Hope this helps.
I'm not at home at the moment, so don't have access to my references and photos, but somewhere in the Modelling threads you'll find my un-finished build, converting the old Revell 1/48th "C" model to a later "D", with the waist windows and mid mounted upper turret. This shows the bomb sight arrangement, which I scratch-built.
Hope this helps.
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Benevolens Magister
You are correct - an error or typo on my part. It should be the T1 / Mk.XIV sight. Hinted at by mentioning the computer, but typed the wrong number !!
I'm still away from home, so don't have access to my references, but as far as I know, the British Mk.XIV sight was fitted in the UK, along with British radios and other equipment. For the purposes of a model, either the T.1 or Mk.XIV would suffice, there being little, if any, visible external differences.
I'm still away from home, so don't have access to my references, but as far as I know, the British Mk.XIV sight was fitted in the UK, along with British radios and other equipment. For the purposes of a model, either the T.1 or Mk.XIV would suffice, there being little, if any, visible external differences.
Crimea_River
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Here's a diagram of the interconnection of the MkXIV equipment:
Here's a diagram of the installation in a Halifax. Unfortunatley, I don't have the equivalent for the Mitchell but it seems that the "computor" was always mounted to the left of the sighting head.
Here's a diagram of the installation in a Halifax. Unfortunatley, I don't have the equivalent for the Mitchell but it seems that the "computor" was always mounted to the left of the sighting head.
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Benevolens Magister
Yep, on the Mitchell, it was just forward of the escape hatch panel on the port side, with the top of the "computor" casing just above the lower frame of the glazing. I'm still in a field in Norfolk, so unable to find a suitable photo from my references, but the location is shown in the build thread mentioned earlier.
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Benevolens Magister
Correction to my previous post - the bottom of the "computor" case was just below the canopy frame.
Some pics from my build, using the old Revell 1/48th scale kit, with scratch-built details and "computer" etc.
Some pics from my build, using the old Revell 1/48th scale kit, with scratch-built details and "computer" etc.
