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 <[email protected]> wrote:

Ran across a clear photograph of an early B-29 radio operator’s station.

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