Pilot's Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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000464-01-00.pdf 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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000464-01-01.pdf 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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Comments

[1] Robert (20-Apr-2022 06:53 PM)

Can someone please help me locate or get a copy/PDF of the B-17 Manual that talks about the IFF system onboard the B-17? Wiring diagram and aircraft layout for switches and lights. Colors and how they were used during missions. I know there were Blue, Amber, Green and read lights as well as white. If I understand correctly the lights were part of a code (that changed daily or by the mission) to help all the aircraft either in identifying who was who or in formation form up? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Robert

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