[ARC5] [Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] SCR-274N in B-25

[Bob Macklin]

I stand corrected. It was the B-17 where the navigator was in the nose 
behind the bombardier.

In the B-29 the navigator an radio operator were behind the pilots. In later 
models the radio operator moved to the waist compartment.

In some models the navigator doubled as the loader for the 75mm canon.

When I was at Lowery AFB in 1952 we did have a B-25 with the 75mm canon. The 
loader sat on a bicycle seat on top of the gun. Not a fun job!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
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From: "Mike Hanz" <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
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Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] SCR-274N in B-25


>  On 9/28/2010 5:37 PM, Bob Macklin wrote:
>> Where is the navigators compartment in a B-25?
>
> One of the difficulties with the qth.net format is the lack of graphic
> capability that google, yahoo, and other reflectors have.  Otherwise we
> could attach a drawing of the B-25 cutaway and show exactly where the
> navigator's compartment is, which is immediately behind the pilot.
> http://home.mchsi.com/~anderson.kevin/b25h_pictures.html has an
> interesting history of the aircraft through the -H model.
>
>> The navigator in a B-29 is in the nose behind the bombardier.
>
> Well, sort of.  He's actually on the left side of the aircraft behind
> the Pilot, opposite the radio operator.
> http://aafradio.org/NASM/Enola_avionics_narrative.htm has more.
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