PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF AN/APQ-7 Part 1

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Summary: PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AN/APQ-7. 1) CU nose section of a B-17 in flight. 2) CU crew members at their positions. 3) Low angle shot under the wing of an aircraft, as two crew members walk toward camera. 4) CU radar operator at his position in aircraft. 3) CU radar antenna in operation -- technician checking instruments. 6) CU control panel on the AN/APQ-7. 7) CU aircraft bomb bay doors opening. 8) LS target area, showing bomb burst. 9) CU book on the AN/APQ-7 radar set. ANYTHING LESS THAN THE COMPLETE PROCEDURE SHOWN HERE CAN RESULT IN THE FAILURE OF THE MISSION. 10) CU radar operator reporting in after mission. 11) CU mechanic working on a radar set, and the equipment used in preflight checking of the radar systems. 12) MS men as they place equipment into jeep and trailer, and drive out to B-24H. 1) CU node section of a B-17 in flight. 2) CU crew members at their positions. 3) Low angle shot under the wing of an aircraft, as two crew members walk toward camera. 4) CU radar operator at his position in aircraft. 5) CU radar antenna in operation -- technician checking instruments. 6) CU control panel on the AN/AP-7. 7) MCU aircraft bomb bay doors opening. 8) LS target area, showing bomb burst. 9) CU book on the AN/APO-7 radar set. ANYTHING LESS THAN THE COMPLETE PROCEDURE SHOWN HERE CAN RESULT IN THE FAILURE OF THE MISSION. 10) CU radar operator reporting in after mission. 11) CU mechanic working on a radar set, and the equipment used in preflight checking o the radar systems 12) MS men as they place equipment into jeep and trailer, and drive out to B-24H. 13) Series of scenes in complete detail,of two mechanics making a preflight inspection of radar set in the B-24H aircraft and a demonstration of the operation of this equipment during a bomb run. Reel 2: 1) A continuation of the explanation of the preflight inspection, and an example by an actual mission, showing the errors and corrections of these errors. Good (Basic: Dupe Neg)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities