[ARC5] B-29 Radio Operator's Station on August 28, 1943

[Michael Hanz]

The photo below provides a contrast between the two B-29 transmitter 
installations.  You can see what a problem it would be for the radio 
operator to set any of the controls on the AN/ART-13.  The radio 
operator's chair was _not_ movable front to back until late in the war , 
so all he could do was swivel 90 degrees to the left and bend down to 
see the markings in the dark - and they are not conventionally lit nor 
electroluminescent in UV light.  He would need a flashlight.  (The 
shield underneath the seat has a flight suit heater control on it, 
identifying the chair as a fixed tripod type.  More trivia on the chairs 
is at https://aafradio.org/flightdeck/Peripherals-chairs.html ).

- Mike  KC4TOS



On 6/12/2022 6:47 PM, Doran Platt wrote:
> It's a B-29 radio position, all right. The difference is in deployed 
> airframes where the ART-13 is found in the identical location, down 
> left from the radio operator.
> K3HVG
>> On 06/12/2022 2:54 PM Adam Castellani via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ran across a clear photograph of an early B-29 radio operator’s station.
>>
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Michael Hanz - KC4TOS
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