In this video, we shall cover the Bombsight Mk.XIV within the Avro Lancaster Bomber. We shall also be covering the Bombsight’s installations within the Handley Page Halifax, Short Stirling and the Vickers Wellington Bombers.
As always, we shall be referring to wartime Air Ministry Manuals.
I’d like to offer my special thanks to the following:
New Zealand Bomber Command Association
Halifax 57 Rescue
Join us, as we take a tour of the Bombsight XIV’s construction and use. As we embark on a journey aimed at promoting UK Aviation Heritage.
Textual extracts from Air Ministry Air Publications are Crown Copyright and transcribed with the kind permission of the National Archives, London. All colour diagrams are based on original Air Ministry Air Publications mono illustrations and transcribed into colour by Bryan Atkinson with the permission of the National Archives, London.
Thanks must also be given to the following superb organisations for their kind support when Bryan Atkinson originally developed The Lancaster Explored PC CD-ROM back in 2004, all are listed below and are included once again in this series of videos.
Lancaster B.Mk.I, PA474. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Lancaster B.Mk.I, R5868. Royal Air Force Museum, London.
Lancaster B. Mk.III, DV372. Imperial War Museum.
Lancaster B.Mk.X, KB889. Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
Lancaster B.Mk.VII, NX611. Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.
The Norman Groom & Jeremy Hall Lancaster Nose Sections.
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust.
The National Archives, London.
The material contained in this video is intended for historical, reference and entertainment value only, and is not to be construed as usable for aircraft or component restoration, maintenance, or use.
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Short Stirling
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Mosquito Bomber
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Vickers Wellington
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Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - An Overview
02:02 - The Simplicity in using the Bomb Sight
02:48 - A General Look at the System
03:29 - The Sighting Head
03:34 - The Graticule
05:33 - The Sighting Head Components
06:13 - The Collimator
08:01 - How the Sighting Plane is Stabilised
08:55 - The Bubble Level
09:11 - The Reflector Protective Cover
09:28 - The Switch Box
10:10 - Sighting Head and Mounting Bracket
10:26 - The Levelling Card
10:33 - Course Indicator Diagram
10:45 - The Sighting Head Gyro
10:53 - Exploded View of Sighting Head
11:03 - The Computor Unit
11:38 - Setting the Computor Unit
12:09 - Levelling Card Location
12:41 - Using the D.R.Compass
13:23 - How the Bombsight XIV Functioned
14:23 - How the Computor Unit Worked
14:42 - The Computor Mechanism
16:17 - The Height Mechanism
16:28 - The Air Speed Mechanism
16:39 - The Wind Mechanism
16:51 - The Drift Mechanism
17:03 - The Ground Speed Mechanism
17:14 - The Sighting Angle Mechanism
17:26 - The Ideal Bombing Angle
18:15 - The Terminal Velocity Mechanism
18:39 - The Computor Unit Construction
19:22 - The Computor Unit Mounting Frame
19:56 - The Control Knobs
20:22 - The Altas Unit
20:47 - The Bellows
21:00 - The Air Drier
21:10 - The Bomb Sight Cock
21:15 - The Circuit Diagram
21:25 - The Avro Lancater Installation
22:01 - The Handley Page Halifax Installation
22:37 - The Short Stirling Installation
22:59 - The Vickers Wellington Installation
23:36 - A Conclusion
24:30 - Special Thanks
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