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Marine Bombing Squadrons of the Second World War

PBJ-1H: INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHS

PILOT'S COMPARTMENT: The numbered components are: 1. Gun Sight; 2. Instrument Panel; 3. Surface De-Icer Control; 4. Filter Switch Box; 5. Interphone Jack Box; 6. Control Column; 7. Control Pedestal Switch Panel; 8. Pilot's Switch Panel; 9. Pilot's Control Pedestal; 10. Parking Brake Handle; 11.  Extension Light; 12. Defroster Control; 13. Hydraulic System Pressure Gage; 14. Brake System Pressure Gage; 15. Radio Compass Control; 16. Sliding Window Handle; 17. Interphone Jack Box; 18. Radio Compass Unit; 19. Flexible Defroster Tube; 20. Throat Microphone Switch.

INSTRUMENT PANEL: The numbered instruments are: 1. Landing Gear Signal Light; 2. Bomb Door Signal Light; 3. Turn Indicator (Gyro); 4. Flight Indicator; 5. Radio Compass Azimuth Indicator; 6. Bomb Release Signal Light; 7. Suction Gage; 8. Remote Compass Indicator; 9. Gun Sight Rheostat; 10. Clock; 11.  Free Air Temperature Indicator; 12. Static Selector Valve; 13. Altimeter; 14. Air-Speed Indicator; 15. Bank-and-Turn Indicator; 16. Rate-of-Climb Indicator; 17. Nose Wheel Position Indicator; 18. Bank-and-Turn Needle Valve; 19. Manifold Pressure Indicator; 20. Tachometer Indicator; 21. Oil Pressure Indicator; 22. Oil Temperature Indicator; 23. Fuel Pressure Indicator; 24. Carburetor Air Temperature Indicator; 25. Main Fuel Level Gage; 26. Auxiliary Fuel Level Gage; 27. Cylinder Temperature Indicator; 28. Landing Gear and Wing Flap Position Indicator. 

PILOT'S COMPARTMENT有EFT SIDE: The numbered components are: 1. SRC-695 Controls; 2. Transmitter Selector Controls; 3. Detonator Switches; 4. SCR-274 Controls; 5. Filter Switch Box; 6. Interphone Jack Box; 7. Fresh Air Ventilator; 8. Guns and Bomb Control Panel; 9. Fuel Shut-Off Controls; 10. Seat Cushion; 11. Pilot's Seat.

PILOT'S COMPARTMENT由IGHT SIDE: The numbered components are: 1. Sliding Window Handle; 2. Radio Compass Controls; 3. Interphone Jack Box; 4. Bomb Release Interval Control; 5. Pilot's Check List; 6. Fresh Air Ventilator; 7. Elevator Trim Tab Control Wheel, and; 8. Throat Microphone Switch.

PILOT'S CONTROL PEDESTAL: The numbered components are: 1. Throttle Controls; 2. Propeller Controls; 3. Recognition Light Switches; 4. Mixture Controls; 5. Ash Trays; 6. Landing Gear Warning Light Switches; 7. Elevator Trim Tab Control Wheel; 8. Throttle Control Lock; 9. Propeller and Mixture Control Lock; 10. Bomb Control Handle; 11. Surface Control Lock; 12. Supercharger Controls; 13. Oil Shutter Controls; 14. Carburetor Air Controls; 15. Wing Flap Control; 16. Cowl Flap Controls; 17. Flexible Defroster Tube; 18. Landing Gear Control.

AILERON AND RUDDER TRIM TAB CONTROLS

PILOT'S  YOKE

PILOT'S N-3B GUN SIGHT: This sight was used for the fixed forward-firing .50 caliber machine guns and for minimum altitude bombing.  The adjustment knob is a Type A-1 combination gun-and-bomb head for sighting the guns as well as setting predetermined bombing angles.

NAVIGATOR'S STATION有OOKING FORWARD: The box on the left provided storage for twenty-one rounds of 75mm ammunition.

NAVIGATOR'S STATION: The numbered components are: 1. Transmitter Key; 2. Folding Table; 3. Driftmeter Support; 4. Folding Table Stowage Strap; 5. Map Case; 6. Safety Belt; 7. Navigator's Seat.

UPPER TURRET: The mechanic-gunner manned this power-operated turret, armed with two .50 caliber machine guns.

RADIO-GUNNER'S STATION有OOKING FORWARD: The numbered components are: 1. Blind Flying Hood; 2. Life Raft Stowage; 3. Life Raft Release Handle; 4. Aft Compartment Heater; 5. SRC-695 Radio; 6. Portable Oxygen Unit; 7. Interphone Jack Box; 8. Throat Microphone Switch; 9. Indicator Lamps; 10. Inertia Crash Switch; 11.  Ash Tray; 12. Emergency Wing Flap Crank Access; 13. .50 Caliber Waist Guns; 14. Fresh Air Ventilator; 15. Folding Seat Stowage Strap; 16. Safety Belt; 17. Riding Seat; 18. Emergency Wing Flap Crank; 19. Case and Link Ejection Bags; 20. Camera Support.

RADIO-GUNNER'S STATION有OOKING AFT

TAIL TURRET: This power-operated turret was manned by the Armorer-Turret Gunner.

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