Real WW2 pilots' manuals thread

[bivalov]

many thanks to Wad... - amazing "Памятка по воздушной стрельбе с самолета Ил-2", for il-2 lovers, users... well, and for other people too...

[coldViPer]

BF-109 G2 manual,  "based on the Finnish version 'Messerchmitt Bf 109 G-2, Käyttö- ja huolto-ohjeet' of the original manual 'Bf 109 G-2, Bedienungsvorschrift - FI (Juli 1942)'"

 

Direct download:

http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/pdf/bf109g2_english.zip

 

Info:

http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/WW2History-Manuals.html

[Flyingpencil]

 

Am I correct that this is the side gunner, with a single gun that can slide from side to side on the rails?

Interesting solution to maximaise coverage with a single gun (but looses some of arc).

Interesting to window doors too.

[bivalov]

amazing "Методические указания по пилотированию самолета Ла-5 с мотором М-82", on russian, of course...

[HR_Pingu]

This page http://www.rkka.es/ contains quite a lot of information on soviet aviation, mostly translated into spanish but there are also documents in english and russian. Probably  some of them have been already posted in this thread.

Edited February 18, 2014 by HR_Pingu

[AX2]

amazing "Методические указания по пилотированию самолета Ла-5 с мотором М-82", on russian, of course...

 

 

This page http://www.rkka.es/ contains quite a lot of information on soviet aviation, mostly translated into spanish but there are also documents in english and russian. Probably  some of them have been already posted in this thread.

 

Thanks  !!!

[Picchio]

Does anyone have something on our dear Yak-1?

[indiaciki]

Marco's illustrated Il2 english manual as pdf (bw)

IL2_manual_eng_bw.pdf

[pilotpierre]

This should be stickied methinks.

[andyw248]

Marco's illustrated Il2 english manual as pdf (bw)

 

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[oblongmushroom]

Hey guys, sorry to go off topic. I'm looking for manuals on the Sukhoi Su-25? cant seem to find anything for it.

If anyone can direct me to a place where they can be purchased that would be great.

 

Thanks

[paul1084]

Hi, link below to various manuals & documents for the HE 111:

 

http://www.deutscheluftwaffe.de/archiv-englisch/dokumente/web/new%20site/frames2/Dokumente.htm

 

Can anyone translate this 1939 Manual to English?:

http://www.deutscheluftwaffe.de/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/h/Heinkel/He%20111/Kurzbetriebsanleitung%20He%20111%20H%20fuer%20Besatzung.pdf

 

I have considered just google translating it, but I doubt that will work very well.

 

...Or does anyone have an English flight manual for the HE 111?

 

Thanks

[NZTyphoon]

Attached is a Karl Zeiss specifications manual on Revi Gunsights, dated March 1944 - while not strictly relevant to the BoS, it does include material on the Revi 12 series, that was in use at the time.

Luftwaffe Gunsight Specifications.pdf

[NZTyphoon]

Not strictly a pilot's manual, and not strictly related to the BoS, but here is the Handbuch der Flugzeug Bordwaffenmunition 1936 - 1945 which contains ballistics and other data on ammunitionn used in Luftwaffe aircraft, ranging from 7.92mm, to 5 cm: Part 1:

 

Handbuch_der_bordwaffenmunition_part1.pdf

Part 2:Handbuch_der_bordwaffenmunition_part2.pdf

[SvAF/F16_Goblin]

Bf110 Analysis

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwO2AdThloLGbkp6QWF0Q3hTa0E/view?usp=sharing

 

Bf110 Manual

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwO2AdThloLGdmg3MUlwLUI4ejA/view?usp=sharing

 

FW 190 A5-A6 Tecnical manual

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwO2AdThloLGTkVfdmVTRkRldTA/view?usp=sharing

 

FW190 A1

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwO2AdThloLGVjdzbkZXZEt0c2c/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwO2AdThloLGYUVNUzZPcUtPRUU/view?usp=sharing

Edited September 18, 2016 by I./ZG1_Goblin

[Bert_Foster]

Found this little GEM in the UK National Archives today:

 

 

 

Even has "The Bar" correctly drawn

Edited October 14, 2016 by Bert_Foster