Seat-Belt Suspender, Pilot & Co-Pilot (Modification)ĭ. 2x Type B-11/B-13 Seat-Belts, Pilot & Co-Pilot Example COMPLETE (3 of 6)Ĭ. 2x Seats, Pilot & Co-Pilot: Blueprint 75-3448 (General Fireproofing) UNDER CONSTRUCTIONī. 2x Type D-2 Pitot Tube (Kollsman Instruments) ExampleĪ. Curtains: Boeing Aircraft (Modification)ĭD. Type A-17 Fire Extinguisher (CO2) Example COMPLETE (2 of 3) (Stowage: Blueprint 15-8787)ĬC. Windshield Wiper, Bombardier (Aerotorque) COMPLETEDĪA. Temperature Correction Card and AN5800-1 Holder Type C-13A Thermometer (Weston Electrical) Example DONATED BY JOE MCKOWEN (GAFFENY, SC) Ashtray, Bombardier: Blueprint 3-14949 (Ford Model 1936) Dehydrator, Radio Compass: Blueprint 6-11455 – 26″ White Rubber Hose, 5/16″ ID Dehydrating Tube: Blueprint 3-13930 – Tenite 1/2 OD 3/8 ID 7 Inch with 200 Mesh Screen, Nipple, and Cap First Aid Kit Aeronautic COMPLETED (Stowage: Blueprint 6-13681)
Type C-3 Signal Lamp (Grimes) Example DONATED BY KEITH ELLEFSON (OZARK, AL) (Stowage: Blueprint 7-2078) Flare Holder Folds: Boeing Aircraft (Modification) Type BC-433 Radio Compass (Bendix) COMPLETED Astro Compass Mount & Bracket DONATED BY MATT SMITH (KETTERING, UK) Boes) DONATED BY ANDY RIVERA (WILMINGTON, DE) Astrograph Support: Boeing Aircraft (Modification) Astrograph Mount: Boeing Aircraft (Modification) Type A-1 Astrograph & Case (Eastman-Kodak) DONATED BY ANDY RIVERA (WILMINGTON, DE) Type B-5 Drift Recorder (Eastman-Kodak) COMPLETED
Clip Board: Boeing Aircraft (Modification) COMPLETED Type B-11/B-13 Seat-Belt, Navigator (Not Shown) Example COMPLETE (3 of 6)Į. Chair, Navigator: Blueprint 9-3755 (Cramer Posture Air-Flow)ĭ. Type B-11/B-13/B-14 Seat-Belt, Bombardier (Not Shown) Example COMPLETE (3 of 6)Ĭ. Chair, Bombardier: Blueprint 14-3295 (Cramer Posture Air-Flow)ī. PARTS NOT APPLICABLE TO LUCKY THIRTEEN HAVE BEEN CROSSED OUT.Ī.
ECLIPSE HOW TO INSTALL XCHART SERIAL
SOME PARTS SHOWN BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO LUCKY THIRTEEN‘S SERIAL NUMBER.
ECLIPSE HOW TO INSTALL XCHART MANUALS
The auxiliary equipment listed below is taken from Boeing manuals contemporary with Lucky Thirteen‘s service time.īlueprint 55-7311-D: Equipment Installation Lucky Thirteen will not just give a general impression of an active-duty Second World War heavy bomber, she will cover the minutiae as well. Historian Sir Max Hastings once described bombing raids as akin to driving a car for long hours at night, the hours of monotony broken only by the terrifying crash of hitting a deer.Īs such, while we recognize the public’s fascination with combat equipment, we strongly feel that the auxiliary equipment is of equal importance – if only because they took up so much of air war’s time. Bombardment operations were long, tedious affairs, and required careful planning and practice to be executed properly. In our desire to educate the public about the air campaigns of the Second World War, it is important to not lose sight of the little aspects of warfare. She survived the war, ending her days as a radio aircraft for the 67FW. Ground crews at work under Duke of Paducah (42-37736, 91BG), one of the very first G-model B-17s.