Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry PV-2 Harpoon the TBM could carry bombs

the TBM could carry bombs in the following configurations: 12-100 lb bombs

B-50 Superfortress

25 inches diameter and ~ 6 inches deep

as this compass was mounted glass-up

Autopilot Control Panel for A-5 Auto Pilot System, Sperry PV-2 Harpoon the TBM could carry bombsThe A 5 Automatic Pilot was used primarily in WWII era bomber aircraft of the Air Corps US Army such as the Consolidated B 24 Liberator (see photo of B 24 cockpit showing the location of the A 5 panel). The A 5 system appeared in aircraft manufactured during or before 1943, the year when the Honeywell C 1 system became the standard autopilot system for large multi engine aircraft. Theoretically, the A 5 system may also have appeared in the Boeing B 17