Name This...(238)

[Brady]

???

[Platoonist]

Peeping down bras at 20,000 feet?

[Hortlund]

Looks like a Norden sight in a B-17

[Tankerace]

LOL. My guess Norden Bombsight, probablly 1943-44ish. My guess is a B-25J, but not really sure.

[steveh11Matrix]

I prefer Platoonist's answer... [:)]

[Subchaser]

I’m not sure what aircraft it is… I can only say that this is pressurized cockpit… think so... this guy feels comfortably on high altitude without gear and wearing only light flying suit… it doesn’t look like B-29 though.

[Desertmole]

NOPE to all! It is the gunsight for a remote turret in a B-29. Note that the blister is rounded outward. Also look to the left of the gunner's eyes and you will see a lens looking straight outward, not downward. A similar system was used on the B-36.[8D]

[drw61]

Desertmole is correct, its the side gunner position in a B-29.

[strawbuk]

Never understood how they got sync on those things (you know triganomotry (?) was never my strong point) - not like they had software like getting an apache gun to point where pilot helmet looks.

Sure gun turret nut will tell me.

[Brady]

B-29 Waist Gunner (side), it is[:)]



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A few Years ago I was lucky enough to get on to "FiFi", and sit in front of one of these, actualy the nose posation, the device is prety cool, reminded me of that scean in star wars in the Milenium falcon kinda, at any rate you dial in the plane type on a selector, this establishes a relative size for the target computations, you then adjust another nob that brings these bars that apear in the reflector sight together untill they bracket the plane, this aparently determins the distance to target, all figured by the on board computer, If I recal the Nobs on the side are for this, the sight moves quiet frealy about all axises, just point and shoot and the shots are lead by the computer.