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 Air Fronts: Aircraft technical Basics

The documents presented under this headline are basic maintenace manuals in character. However, these pamphlets give a very good overview of aircraft technologies of the time. The information is not aircraft type specific. Various aspects and components of aircraft are presented in a general manner.

Introduction to Airplanes - Navy Training Courses Edition of 1944, Prepared by Standards and Curriculum Division - Training Bureau of Naval Personnel, Second Printing, Washington 1944.

TM 1-410. Technical Manual, Airplane Structures, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, October 19, 1941.

TM 1-407, Technical Manual, Aircraft Induction, Fuel and Oil Systems, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, November 4, 1941. Including Supplement No. 1, July 15, 1942.

TM 1-411, Technical Manual, Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, October 20, 1941.

TM 1-412, Technical Manual, Aircraft Propellers, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, October 21, 1940.

Aircraft Propellers - Navy Training Courses Edition of 1945, Prepared by Standards and Curriculum Division - Training Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington 1945.

TM 1-405, Technical Manual, Aircaft Engines, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, December 9, 1941.

Royal Air Force - Flying Training Manual; Part I-Landplanes, Air Publication 129, Revised June 1940 (Reprinted April, 1941, incorporating A.L. No. 1); Air Ministry; Chapter VII.- Engines

TM 1-406, TECHNICAL MANUAL,  AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, October 18, 1940.

Aircraft Electrical Systems - Navy Training Coursees Edition of 1945, Prepared by Standards and Curriculum Division - Training Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington 1945.

TM 1-413, TECHNICAL MANUAL,  AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON February 2, 1942.

Aircraft Instruments - Navy Training Coursees Edition of 1945, Prepared by Standards and Curriculum Division - Training Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington 1945.

TM 1-408, War Department Technical Manual, Aircraft Power Plant Operation, War Department, Washington 25, D.C., 16 March 1944
This manual supersedes TM 1-408, Aircraft Engine Operation and Test, 24 December 1941

TM 1-409, War Department Technical Manual, Aircraft Armament and Pyrotechnics, Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps, War Department, Washington, July 30, 1941.

Patrons of this web-site do not care  to replicate this dude for sure - from a B-24 technical manual - all others go for broom-pushing.

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