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PILOT'S COMPARTMENT: The numbered components are: 1. Emergency Bomb Release Handle; 2. Throat Microphone Switch; 3. Bomb Release Switch; 4. Gun Trigger Switch; 5. Aileron Control Wheel; 6. Fluorescent Light Switch; 7. Propeller Controls; 8. Throttle Controls; 9. Mixture Controls; 10. Engine Fire Extinguisher Selector Valve; 11.  Control Column; 12. Elevator Trim Tab Control Wheel; 13. Parking Brake Handle; 14. Propeller and Mixture Controls Friction Lock; 15. Throttle Control Friction Lock; 16. Automatic Pilot "ON/OFF" Control; 17. Carburetor Air Controls; 18. Rudder Pedals; 19. Surface Control Lock Handle; 20. Supercharger Controls; 21. Oil Cooler Shutter Controls; 22. Landing Gear Control; 23. Wing Flap Control; 24. Engine Cowl Flap Controls.

 

 

 

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INSTRUMENT PANEL: The numbered instruments are: 1. Automatic Pilot Control Unit; 2. Flight Indicator; 3. Turn Indicator (Gyro); 4. Turn Indicator; 5. Suction Gage; 6. Rate-of-Climb Indicator; 7. Air-Speed Indicator; 8. Altimeter; 9. Static Pressure Selector Valve; 10. Manifold Pressure Indicator; 11. Tachometer Indicator; 12. Oil Pressure Indicator; 13. Oil Temperature Indicator; 14. Fuel Pressure Indicator; 15. Cylinder Temperature Indicator; 16. Nose Wheel Position Indicator Lights; 17. Free Air Temperature Indicator; 18. Main Fuel Level Gage; 19. Auxiliary Fuel Level Gage; 20. Landing Gear and Wing Flap Position Indicator; 21. Radio Compass Azimuth Indicator; 22. Magnetic Compass; 23. Remote Compass Indicator; 24. Accelerometer; 25. Pilot Director Indicator; 26. Clock.

 

 

 

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AUTOMATIC PILOT CONTROL UNIT: The numbered components are: 1. Rudder Control Knob; 2. Rudder Follow-up Card; 3. Directional Gyro Card; 4. Ball Bank Indicator; 5. Caging Knobs; 6. Installation Bolts; 7. Banking Scale; 8. Horizon Bar; 9. Miniature Airplane; 10. Horizon Dial; 11. Directional Gyro Unit; 12. Bank-and-Climb Gyro Unit; 13. Valve Adjustment Reference Dials; 14. Valve Adjustment Knobs; 15. Miniature Airplane Adjustment Knob; 16. Elevator Alignment Index; 17. Elevator Follow-up Index; 18. Suction Gage; 19. Elevator Control Knob; 20. Aileron Follow-up Index; 21. Bank Index; 22. Aileron Control Knob.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PILOT'S COMPARTMENTRIGHT SIDE: The numbered components are: 1. Sliding Window Handle; 2. Spotlight; 3. Interphone Jack Box; 4. Filter Control Box; 5. Command Radio Receiver Controls; 6. Command Radio Transmitter Controls; 7. Cockpit Light; 8. Pilot's Check List; 9. Ventilator; 10. Heated Clothing Rheostat; 11. Map Case; 12. Co-pilot's Seat; 13. Safety Belt; 14. Elevator Trim Tab Control Wheel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PILOT'S COMPARTMENTLEFT SIDE: The numbered components are: 1. Cockpit Light; 2. Airflow Control; 3. Filter Control Box; 4. Interphone Jack Box; 5. Heated Clothing Rheostat; 6. Radio Compass Control Box; 7. Spotlight; 8. Aileron Control Wheel; 9. Safety Belt; 10. Pilot's Seat; 11. Map Case; 12. Pilot's Check List; 13. Fluorescent Light; 14. Ash Tray.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PILOT'S N-3B GUN SIGHT: This sight was used for the fixed forward-firing .50 caliber machine guns and for minimum altitude bombing.  The adjustment knob is a Type A-1 combination gun-and-bomb head for sighting the guns as well as setting predetermined bombing angles.

 

 

 

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STATIONNAVIGATOR'S LOOKING FORWARD: The numbered components are: 1. Landing Gear Warning Horn; 2. Heat Insulation Curtain; 3. Movable Armor Plate; 4. Drift Signals; 5. Accumulator Pressure Gages; 6. Radio Compass Control Box; 7. Throat Microphone Switch; 8. Thermos Bottle; 9. Driftmeter; 10. Sextant Stowage Box; 11. Emergency Landing Gear Lowering Pump Handle; 12. Computer Stowage Box; 13. Inverter Cutout Switch; 14. Air Brake Tank; 15. Compass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NAVIGATOR'S STATIONLOOKING AFT: The numbered components are: 1. Antenna Switching Relay; 2. Command Receivers; 3. Bomb Bay Craw Deck; 4. Radio Compass Receiver; 5. Defroster Hose; 6. Command Set Modulator; 7. Fuel Transfer Control; 8. Fuel Shut-off Control; 9. Fuel Transfer System Diagram; 10. Parachute Stowage; 11. Generator Switch; 12. Generator Voltmeter Switch; 13. Inverter Cutout Switch; 14. Inverter Switch; 15. Bomb Bay Tank Transfer Pump Switch; 16. Chart Table Light Control; 17. Safely Belt; 18. Riding Seat and Backrest; 19. Chart Table; 20. Ash Tray; 21. Relief Tube; 22. De-icer System Shut-off Valve; 23. Entrance Hatch Handle.

 

 

 

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RADIO-GUNNER'S STATION—LOOKING FORWARD: The numbered components are: 1. Life Raft Release Handle; 2. Compass; 3. Dome Light Switch; 4. Ventilator; 5. Transmitter Key; 6. Wing Flap Handcrank; 7. Inertia Crash Switch; 8. Interphone Jack Box.

 

 

 

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RADIO-GUNNER'S STATION—LEFT SIDE: The numbered components are: 1. Life Raft Release Handle; 2. Monitor Switches; 3. Liaison Transmitter; 4. Heated Clothing Rheostat; 5. Training Antenna Reel Control Box; 6. Antenna Change-over Switch; 7. Interphone Jack Box; 8. Liaison Receiver; 9. Transmittier Key; 10. Throat Microphone Switch.