T.O. No. 01-20EF-1 - 166 Pages
Dated December 25, 1942

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PILOT'S HANDBOOK OF
FLIGHT OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS

Table of Contents

I. Description
  • Airplane
  • Power Plant
  • Propeller
  • Controls and Operational Equipment
II. Pilot's Compartment Instructions
  • Before Entering the Pilot's Compartment
  • On Entering the Pilot's Compartment
  • Starting the Engines
  • Engine Warm-Up
  • Emergency Take-Off
  • Engine and Accessories Ground Test
  • Taxiing
  • Take-Off
  • Engine Failure During Take-Off
  • Climb
  • Flight Operations
  • Fire in Flight
  • Propeller Feathering
  • Propeller Unfeathering
  • General Flying Characteristics
  • Stalls
  • Spins
  • Dives
  • Approach in Landing
  • Emergency Take-Off is Not Completed
  • After Landing
  • Stopping of Engines
  • Before Leaving the Pilot's Compartment
  • Maneuvers Prohibited
III. Flight Operation Data
  • Determining Gross Weight
  • Flight Planning
IV. Operating Instructions - Navigator's Compartment
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
V. Operating Instructions - Radio Compartment
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
VI. Operating Instructions - Bombardier's Compartment
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
VII. Operating Instructions - Upper Turret Compartment
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
VIII. Operating Instructions - Ball Turret Compartment
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
IX. Operating Instructions - Side Gunner's Compartment
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
X. Operating Instructions - Bomb Bay Compartment
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
XI. Operating Instructions - Tail Gunner's Compartment
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
XII. Operating Instructions - Tail Wheel Compartment
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
XIII. Operating Instructions - Camera Pit
  • General Description
  • Operational Equipment
XIV. Cold Weather Operation
  • Winterization
  • Engine Oil Dilution System
  • Propeller Oil Dilution
  • Portable Ground Heaters
  • Cold Weather Starting of Engines
  • Batteries
  • Protective Covers
  • Frost or Ice Removal
  • Mooring
  • Communications Equipment
  • Carburetor De-Icing
Appendix
I. U.S.A. - British Glossary of Nomenclature
II. Emergency Operating Instructions
  • Emergency Operation of Landing gear
  • Emergency Operation of the Tail Wheel
  • Emergency Operation of Bomb Bay Doors
  • Emergency Operation of Wing Flaps
  • Emergency Bomb Release
  • Fire Extenguishing Equipment
  • Life Raft and First Aid
  • Emergency Exits
  • Alarm Bells
  • Emergency Operation of Radio Equipment
  • Suggested Methods of Abandoning Airplane
  • Emergency Brake Operation

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