WW2 Aviation Links (Add your links)

[MIflyer]

Scale Aviation Modeller International
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Scale Aviation Modeller International

 

[MIflyer]

WWII Aviation Manuals:

B-29 pilot and flight engineers: Pilots' And Flight Engineers' Training Manual For The Superfortress B-29 : United States. Army Air Forces. Office of Flying Safety : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

USN Manual on Aircraft Turrets: Aircraft Turrets : United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

USN Manual on Aircraft Fuel Systems: Aircraft Fuel Systems 1944 : United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Aircraft Power Plant Operation: TM 1-408 Aircraft Power Plant Operations, 1944 : United States. War Department : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Advanced work in Aircraft Radio: Advanced Work In Aircraft Radio 1945 : United States. Bureau of naval personnel : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Aircraft Munitions: Aircraft Munitions : United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Aircraft Hydraulic equipment: Aircraft Hydraulic Equipment : United States. Bureau of naval personnel. [from old catalog] : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Aircraft Engineering Handbook: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.205337

Aircraft Engines of the World 1945: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.205336

 

[MIflyer]

Film showing landings and take offs on the USS Enterprise CV-6, 1941 - 1942.


View: https://archive.org/details/NPC-2704

 

[MIflyer]

Just in case no one has already provided this link:

https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/18670

It has downloadable books on the Liberty engine, Curtiss D-12, Balloon Bomb Attacks on USA, etc.

 

[MIflyer]

Not WWII, But...

Lockheed A-12 Oxcart Pilot's Manual: CIA A-12 Manuals : Central Intelligence Agency : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

 

[fubar57]

Capture aircraft site...Captured Wings Wiki

 

[MIflyer]

History of Marine Attack Squadron 223

Marine Corps Aviation History

 

[MIflyer]

Aviation Week Magazine.

While not all back issues are available many are at:

Aviation Week Magazine : Free Texts : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

 

[fubar57]

The War Illustrated, best described here...The War Illustrated - Wikipedia

The War Illustrated Archive

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Here is my contribution:

Site about the 1st Brazilian Fighter Group in Italy WW2

O 1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça da FAB na Campanha da Itália (1944-1945)

Their radio call was JAMBOCK and their moto was SENTA A PÚA! which translate freely as GO FOR IT HARD!

Using american made P-47D they were amongst the 3 foreigner Squadrons to receive an American Presidential Citation (the other two squadron are RAAF 3rd and 12th )

 

[MIflyer]

View: https://archive.org/details/P-51_Symposium

 

[Gunsights]

Collection of Gunsights and Bombsights 1918 + later
Aviation , Aircraft Gunsights and Bombsights . WWI, WWII History

 

[fubar57]

Lots of period photos, videos, warbirds and airshow aircraft...

WWII planes

 

[Elmas]

NHHC

Is there a similar site for Air Force?

 

[fubar57]

Not as good U.S. Air Force - History

 

[MiTasol]

Not as good U.S. Air Force - History

See also Air Force History Index again not as good

 

[Elmas]

Thanks!

 

[fubar57]

U.S. "The Aircraft Yearbook". I started these for 1935(535 pages) but they start in the '20s and go up to 1956 I think. Just change the date in the search header to save time moving from year to year. I couldn't get 1940 or '42 to download...
https://www.aia-aerospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/THE-1935-AIRCRAFT-YEAR-BOOK.pdf

 

[MiTasol]

U.S. "The Aircraft Yearbook". I started these for 1935(535 pages) but they start in the '20s and go up to 1956 I think. Just change the date in the search header to save time moving from year to year. I couldn't get 1940 or '42 to download...
https://www.aia-aerospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/THE-1935-AIRCRAFT-YEAR-BOOK.pdf

1942 downloaded ok for me.
If you try again and it still will not download PM me and I will dropbox it to you.
I could not find 1940 in the index at https://www.aia-aerospace.org/research-center/history/

 

[fubar57]

Thank you Mi. I'll keep trying tonight and if it doesn't work I'll PM you. I get this when I tried for 1940