04.07.2009, 01:46
Hello NonWonderDog,
Sorry I'm a little slow with responding, I've been a wee bit busy lately. I'm going on a vacation tomorrow, but when I get back I'll post a couple of pictures I've found of Walsh and Boyington in F4U-1 cockpits where you can make out that it has a Mk 8 sight. I've also found a quote in the 355th FG group history book about the 70 mil gunsight on the P-51B but - as you had stated - nothing definitive. I'll post the quote anyway and I'll see if I can find something in one of my old gunnery manuals. I can also post the quote about the F4F-3 gunsight. BTW the 35 mil thing is a radius number so it would match up as a 70 mil sight in AAF parlance. (I'm pretty sure USN used a mil radius # and AAF a mil diameter #) Anyhoo, I'll give you all the info I can find when I get back home around the 15th of July.
BTW a friend of mine has a fully operational, original K-14 sight with all the manuals etc. I wanted to thank you for correcting the errors on this sight, it is spot on now.
Sorry I'm a little slow with responding, I've been a wee bit busy lately. I'm going on a vacation tomorrow, but when I get back I'll post a couple of pictures I've found of Walsh and Boyington in F4U-1 cockpits where you can make out that it has a Mk 8 sight. I've also found a quote in the 355th FG group history book about the 70 mil gunsight on the P-51B but - as you had stated - nothing definitive. I'll post the quote anyway and I'll see if I can find something in one of my old gunnery manuals. I can also post the quote about the F4F-3 gunsight. BTW the 35 mil thing is a radius number so it would match up as a 70 mil sight in AAF parlance. (I'm pretty sure USN used a mil radius # and AAF a mil diameter #) Anyhoo, I'll give you all the info I can find when I get back home around the 15th of July.
BTW a friend of mine has a fully operational, original K-14 sight with all the manuals etc. I wanted to thank you for correcting the errors on this sight, it is spot on now.