The back of the flight engineers panel with silverplate mod of an extra BC-1366 interphone jack box for the special equipment operator. The strap for the navigators back rest is in place as is the astrocompass in the astrodome The tunnel to the aft pressure compartment that runs over both bomb bays. This is below the nav cabinetĪn overall view of the radio operators station. The main and standby inverters that make 115 volt 400 cycle power for instrumentation and radios. The handles are there to use while exiting the tunnel. The area aft of the upper forward turret well. aft left corner of the forward pressure compartment just aft of the Navigator. This is the hydraulic tank mounted above the navigators cabinet. I believe that this panel is a part of the Silverplate mods. The Silverplate aircraft used an extra ART-13 and SCR-522 radio for the mission. This appears to be one that was used for operation Crossroads and is not the one used on the August 6 mission.Ĭontrol mounted on top of the radio ops table for various radios and AC including the ART-13 and SCR-522. The blue box is the special equipment box that controlled the bomb. If there is interest I can post shots of other areas inside the fuselage. Here are some photos of the forward pressure compartment. I was lucky enough to do some work on the Enola Gay in 2005 and later in 2006. Incase you would like to see what the Enola Gay looks like 71 years later.
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