Bomb Release Interval Control Panel Type B-2A Ki-61 Tony published September 1944

published September 1944

a green light would illuminate

This instrument appeared on the pilot's instrument panel of the US Air Force F4 Phantom II jet fighter

As the airspeed increases

Bomb Release Interval Control Panel Type B-2A Ki-61 Tony published September 1944This is an original WWII era Bomb Release Interval Control, Type B 2A, as used across nearly all US bomber aircraft, including B 17, B 24, B 25, B 26, and B 29 and any US Navy counterparts. The Bomb Release Interval Control permitted a bombardier to control the number of bombs dropped per release and their impact spacing. This would be used to set up a carpet bombing run, for example, over a large railroad marshalling yard, vs a more concentrated drop