RAF Flying Training Manual, Part 1-Landplanes, 1940 Sunderland was used to train fighter

was used to train fighter pilots on the tactics of fixed gunnery when pursuing enemy aircraft

General Electric Type DJ11 Model 8DJ11PB

“The designers made certain that the detonator would function regardless of the fate of the crew of the airplane

although they could be retrofitted to other models

Measures 6 inches diameter by ~8 inches deep

RAF Flying Training Manual, Part 1-Landplanes, 1940 Sunderland was used to train fighterHere is a WWII era Flying Training Manual, Part 1 Landplanes, published in 1940 by the British Royal Air Force Air Ministry, Air Publication 129. The manual is full of basic flight instruction information about flying landplanes (vs seaplanes) as well as more advanced lessons such as instrument flight, formation flight, as well as flying from aircraft carriers. It also includes information about the technology of the aircraft, including engines,