canberra kid Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Would the BM collective be interested in seeing more of this? If so I'll add more as time permits. John 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Yes please i always thought wild horses wouldn’t have got me into a ball turret. Having seen that diagram know I know!!! No way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Yes, please, John! Can't have too many aircraft turret references. I think I have a reference book on aircraft turrets- have to look for it- so many d--- reference books/magazines in my upstairs reference library, the shelves are going to collapse onto the first floor one of these days! Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 There are another 36! pages of it so it my take me a while. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 John 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Absolutely! I found that manual in the Oklahoma State University library years ago but never copied it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I have this: https://www.spruemaster.com/wp-content/gallery/manual/Navy-Aircraft-Turrets-1946-Final.pdf Somewhere I thought I had another PDF on US turrets, but I can't find it. The search continues! Chris 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 7 hours ago, canberra kid said: There are another 36! pages of it so it my take me a while. Take your time, John- I'm not going anywhere! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmeyer Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Please, John, as time permits! Thank you so much! Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 6 hours ago, dogsbody said: Somewhere I thought I had another PDF on US turrets, but I can't find it. The search continues! Chris Chris i think this is the one you were thinking of: http://hangarthirteen.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Index-of-Aeronautical-Equipment-5-Armament.pdf from an earlier thread: the link changed but was found again. Jari 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 That wasn't it, but your's is way, way better! Thanks, Jari! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 4/11/2021 at 8:23 AM, 72modeler said: I think I have a reference book on aircraft turrets- Actually, I found out I have two: US Aerial Armament in WW2, vol. 1, by William Wolf, that covers just U.S. aircraft turrets, gun positions, and fixed guns, as well as Gunner-An Illustrated History Of WW2 Aircraft Turrets and Gun Positions, by Donald Nijboer, which has detail photos of gun positions from selected aircraft of the USAAF, USN, RAF, Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Mike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, 72modeler said: Actually, I found out I have two: US Aerial Armament in WW2, vol. 1, by William Wolf, that covers just U.S. aircraft turrets, gun positions, and fixed guns, as well as Gunner-An Illustrated History Of WW2 Aircraft Turrets and Gun Positions, by Donald Nijboer, which has detail photos of gun positions from selected aircraft of the USAAF, USN, RAF, Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Mike Thanks for pointing those out. I have the B-25 and B-29 Ultimate Look books, and find them quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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