WWII Navigator's Equipment

A fellow member requested that I combine the Navigation instructional videos into one post in order that obscure items might be more easily found. Here goes:

WWII Drift Meters, both the B-3 and B5:

View: https://youtu.be/nthSD3tNVxw


The Astrograph and Celestial Navigation in WWII:

View: https://youtu.be/GeXMYI4Zgqo


The Astrocompass:

View: https://youtu.be/KqrTGkvheF4


The Magnetic Flux Gate Compass:

View: https://youtu.be/3QJ5C_NeD6E

Tim Moore said:

A fellow member requested that I combine the Navigation instructional videos into one post in order that obscure items might be more easily found. Here goes:

WWII Drift Meters, both the B-3 and B5:

View: https://youtu.be/nthSD3tNVxw


The Astrograph and Celestial Navigation in WWII:

View: https://youtu.be/GeXMYI4Zgqo


The Astrocompass:

View: https://youtu.be/KqrTGkvheF4


The Magnetic Flux Gate Compass:

View: https://youtu.be/3QJ5C_NeD6E

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Not just the navigation equipment it is a great source of good information like the stuff on the Norden bomb site.Especially as it is posted by someone who knows what they do. Many people browse the site by searches, often digging up stuff years after being posted to add things, it is a resource as well as a message board.

Doctor Tim......Thank you for sharing the personal information. You remind me of a doctor I had. He was about the same age and collected WWII memorabilia. We started every visit by his knocking on the door and saying "Doctor to Bombardier". He would finish the medical part of my visit then head for his office to see the new stuff he had picked up.

I didn't recognize either drift meter. The one on the B-17 was much simpler to use. I can't comment on the other navigational items because I don't have use experience. However, your presentation is excellent!.......Bill


















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