File:Course Setting bombsight diagram.jpg
Size of this preview: 800 × 473 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 189 pixels | 640 × 378 pixels | 1,024 × 605 pixels | 1,437 × 849 pixels.
Original file (1,437 × 849 pixels, file size: 927 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
| Description |
English: Labeled diagram of an unknown version of the Course Setting Bomb Sight, also known as a Wimperis sight. The large airspeed dial at the rear of the device suggests this was a pre-war model, as the Mk. VII and Mk. IX versions used in most combat aircraft during the war moved the airspeed dial to the right side of the sight. It does feature a trail setting on the right, which means it is a Mk. II or later. But it is lacking the large levelling screw on the left side of the sight, part of the Mk. II. In this example the levelling system has been replaced by the flexible levelling mounting (lightly coloured in this image). This combination of features suggest it is likely a Mk. V or VI. The image shows the bombsight mounted in the bottom of an aircraft, which strongly suggests this is a Fairey Battle, which had a roughly teardrop-shaped window in the floor of the aircraft under the wing area. |
| Date | |
| Source | Britain's Wonderful Air Force, a wartime publication of the RAF via Odhams Press in 1942. |
| Author | Royal Air Force |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
Images in the book were provided by the RAF and are thus covered by UK Crown Copyright until 31 December 1992, when the copyright expired and the image became public domain. |
Licensing
|
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.
This is because it is one of the following:
HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
|
 |
Original upload log
Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Innotata using CommonsHelper.
The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
- 2011-09-23 12:31 Maury Markowitz 1437×849× (948885 bytes) {{Information |Description = Labeled diagram of a WWII-era Course Setting Bomb Sight, also known as a Whimpress sight. |Source = ''Britain's Wonderful Air Force'', a wartime publication of the RAF via Odhams Press in 1942. |Date =
|
The categories of this image need checking. You can do so here.
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 14:33, 28 April 2013 | | 1,437 × 849 (927 KB) | File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) | Transfered from en.wikipedia by User:innotata using CommonsHelper |
File usage
The following page uses this file:
