Is it normal for the P48D22 cockpit

[IckyATLAS]

I have put here two pictures one of the cockpit of the P47D-22 and  the Other P47D-28.

Is it normal to have a gaping hole in the P47D-22 cockpit where you can see the cables behind the cockpit instrument wall.

On the P47-D28 there is a plate with oxygen related data.

P47D28

 

 

And here P47D22

[=621=Samikatz]

Look up some cockpits of aircraft in museums, they all have similar holes in them, depending on the block number

 

While you're at it, see if you can find a good photo of the Corsair's cockpit floor. It doesn't have one! You get to see a bunch of the aircraft's fuselage structure between your feet

[IckyATLAS]

Fine no problem with that. Repairing the damaged cables if a bullet goes through should be easier ? (whatever the pilot's health situation)

[LukeFF]

Many of these instrument panels were utilized for more than one production block so yes, if something wasn't called for, the area would typically either be left open or covered over with a plate.  

[Skycat1969]

 

The damaged cockpit of a P-47D Thunderbolt (LM-D, serial number 42-8614) of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8 Ocotber 1943. Official caption on image: "GAD-62-3-F365-Oct 8, '43-Bat. Dam-P47D - 42-8614." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'LM-D, 28614, 8/10/43. Damage by bullet - entered hatch on rt. side and struck instrument panel.'

 

 

P-47 Thunderbolt cockpit: instrument panel

Edited October 2, 2021 by Skycat1969
Caption clarity

[Skycat1969]

P-47D-28-RA 'Dottie Mae', recovered almost fully intact in 2005 in the configuration she ditched in an Austrian lake in May 1945, appears to have the placards in place under the gunsight. Photos: http://www.stearman-aero.com/Aviation-P47-Tunderbolt.aspx