Why were Norden bombsights stored in such a concrete strong room - like arrangement? It cannot be for secrecy reasons - the operation and maintenance manuals were not secret. You couldn't keep such an item used in such huge quantities secret anyway. And full details of the Norden were published during WW2 in Popular Mechanics. Presumably the strong rooms were intended to confer some protection against enemy or nut case attack on the airbase? Or was the strong room building already existing and then repurposed as something convenient to store the bombsights in?
Why were Norden bombsights stored in such a concrete strong room - like arrangement? It cannot be for secrecy reasons - the operation and maintenance manuals were not secret. You couldn't keep such an item used in such huge quantities secret anyway. And full details of the Norden were published during WW2 in Popular Mechanics. Presumably the strong rooms were intended to confer some protection against enemy or nut case attack on the airbase?
Or was the strong room building already existing and then repurposed as something convenient to store the bombsights in?
I'll bet with some new oil, plugs, wires, coolant & clean & adjustment of the points that engine would run. run
A year later - the engine is in the shop with a volunteer! Hope to do a follow up video soon.
cool, thanks!