Army Air Forces Collection
Historical Documents from World War II
Historical Documents from World War II
Pilot's Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Authors:
- none listed
Published:
- circa 1944
Categories:
- Armament
- B-17
- Bombardment
- Aircraft
- Aircraft, Bomber
Locations:
- World-wide
Contributors:
- John Turanin
Repositories:
- Private Collection
Related Items:
- 000465: Pilot Training Manual for the Mitchell Bomber B-25
Direct Link (Item 000464):
- https://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?item=000464
Citation:
- Army Air Forces Collection, "Pilot's Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress" (item 000464), AAF Collection, https://AAFCollection.info/items/list.php?item=000464 (accessed 29 March 2024).
Added: November 10, 2013
Pilot's manual for the B-17F and B-17G Flying Fortress. Section 1: Description Airplane; B-17F and B-17G; Power Plant; Wright R-1820-97; Turbosuperchargers; General Electric B-2; Propellers; Automatic Engine Control; Hydraulic System; Fuel System; Oil System; Electrical System; Heating; Vacuum and De-icing System; Oxygen System; Communication Equipment. Section 2: Pilot's Operating Instructions Restrictions; Operational Equipment; Control Panel; Checklists. Section 3: Emergency Instructions Hand cranks; Emergency Operation of Landing Gear; Emergency Operation of Tail Wheel; Emergency Operation of Bomb Bay Doors; Emergency Bomb Release; Fire in Flight; Emergency Brake Operation; Warning Signals; First Aid Kits; Abandoning Airplane in Flight; Forced Descent at Sea; Emergency Operation of Radio Equipment. Section 4: Bombardier's Compartment Bomb Controls; Bomb Release Sequence Diagrams; Maximum Airplane Glide and Climb Angles for Bomb Release; 1100 pound M-33; 300 pound MK.I MK.IMI; 100 pound M-38A2; 100 pound M-30; 2000 pound M-34; 600 pound M-32; 600 pound MK.IMI MK.IMII; 300 pound M-31; 100 pound MK.I MK.IMI MK.IMII 500 pound M-43; 1100 pound MK. III; 1600 pound MK. III; 1000 pound M-44; 100 pound M-39; Bombardier's Guns; Interphone; Oxygen; Bomb-sight Window Defroster; Windshield Wiper and Anti-icer; Bomb-sight Heating Pad. Section 5: Navigator's Compartment Lighting; Fire Extinguisher; Interphone; Oxygen; Heating and Ventilating Inlet; Drift Meter Master Switch; Radio Compass Receiver; Aperiodic Compass. Section 6: Upper Turret General; Preflight Check; Adjacent Equipment. Section 7: Bomb Bay Lighting; Oxygen; Emergency Equipment; Bomb Rack Selector Switches; Hand Transfer or Refueling Pump; Auxiliary Wing Fuel Cell Shut-off Valves; Relief Tube. Section 8: Radio Compartment Lighting; Emergency Equipment; Oxygen Controls; Heating and Ventilating Inlet; Interphone Controls; Communications Equipment; SCR-274-N Command Set; SCR-287-A Liaison Set; SCR-269-G Radio Compass Set; RC-36 Interphone Equipment; RC-43 Marker Beacon Equipment; SCR-518-A Radio Altimeter; SCR-535-A IFF Radio Set; Frequency Meter; Radio Compartment Gun; Camera Pit; Type T-3A Installation; Type K-3B Installation; Type K-7C Installation. Section 9: Ball Turret General; Entering the Turret; Preflight Check; Operation; Interphone; Suit Heater; Oxygen; Adjacent Equipment. Section 10: Side Gunner's Compartment Lighting; Interphone Controls; Suit Heater Outlet; Oxygen; Emergency Equipment; Gun Operation. Section 11: Tail Gunner's Compartment Entrance; Lighting; Interphone; Oxygen; Suit Heater Outlet.
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Appendices. AN 01-20EF-1. Appendix 1: USA - British Glossary of Nomenclature Appendix 2: Flight Operation Data Specific Engine Flight Chart; Take-off, Climb and Landing Chart; Flight Operation Chart (with and without external load); Flight Operation Chart with one propeller feathered; Engine Flight Calibration Curve; Loading Chart; Take-off Control Chart; Climb Control Chart; Composit Cruising Control Chart; Tactical Range Charts; Ferry Range Charts; Long Range Cruise Control Charts; Fuel Temperature Correction Curve; Fuel Consumption Curve.
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