Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe

Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe

Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe
For sale is a Vintage WWII B-25 Gunnery Training Device (Globe). The Device shows fields of fire of each of the guns/turrets on the aircraft at the center of the globe. Youll notice color-coded dots in marked out areas on the globe that correspond to dots near the turrets on the B-25 model showing the area covered by the guns. If you imagine an enemy aircraft at any point on the outside of the sphere, you can see which guns can fire at it. I believe it also shows blind spots as the two eye shapes in the pictures would be the blind spots where the rear upper turret could not fire forward because of the engines. The boxes at the rear show blind spots where the vertical tails are in the way of the guns. These were used to familiarize crew on multi gun bomber aircraft as to what they could hit from each position. They could also be used for the opposite purpose. Fighter pilots would study these to find the best way to attack an enemy aircraft in its blind spots, avoiding its guns.

It's a neat piece of the mostly forgotten ways we trained our airmen in WWII and how we visualized things before computers. The globe is 10.0 in diameter and is in good condition with the exception of some small cracks at its base (see pictures). The item "RARE VINTAGE WWII AIR FORCE B-25 GUNNERY TRAINING DEVICE GLOBE" is in sale since Friday, January 22, 2021.

This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Field Gear, Equipment". The seller is "jonathanstoys" and is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This item can be shipped worldwide.


Rare Vintage Wwii Air Force B-25 Gunnery Training Device Globe