B-47 Stratofortress Type A-5 Fire Control System Maintenance Digest French Armée de l'Air This is the "Control Unit"

This is the "Control Unit"

8"x12" framed black and white photos of various airliners used by United Air Lines from the 1950's-1980's

The pointer makes one revolution every hundred miles per hour

indicative of a manufacturing year of 1951 for an order by the US Air Force

The first flight of the AC-130A wasn't until 1966

B-47 Stratofortress Type A-5 Fire Control System Maintenance Digest French Armée de l'Air This is the "Control Unit"This is an original Maintenance Digest for the General Electric Type A 5 Fire Control System Model 2CFR10A2 used in B and E versions of the USAF's Boeing B 47 Stratofortress Strategic Bomber. It is dated February 1954. The Type A 5 Fire Control System was a radar directed tail defense system using twin 20mm cannons mounted in a tail turret. The system controls were mounted behind the co pilot, who would swivel his seat rearward to operate the system.