reas THIS COPY OF BIF BELONGS TO... DATE FORM 240A CERTIFI AS YOU REVISE YOUR BIF WRITE REVISION NUMBERS AND DATES IN THE SPACES PROVIDED ABOVEnesraicriD [WAR DEPARTMENT * AF FORM 24B APPROVID 11-23-44 % INTRO. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN accordance with the provisions of AAF Regulation 62-15, dated 7 24 November 1944, all AAF bombardiers in the United States will BOMBARDIERS' certify that they have read and that they understand all instructions and information contained in the Bombardiers’ Information File. INFORMATION They will do so by signing in the space provided at the end of the FILE ‘Table of Contents. Check with operations offices regularly to be sure you have all current amendments to BIF and Table of Contents. The Table will be revised quarterly and distributed on the same basis as the Bom- ‘batdiers’ Information File. Table of Contents (Mar. 45) Intro. 1 AAF Regulation 62-15, Intro. 5 How to Use BIF (Mar. 45) Intro. 3 AAF Regulation 15-24 Intro. 7 SECTION ONE & General ‘Crew Cooperation (Mar. 45) i Safeguarding Clasied Material (Mar. 45) 18 Duties of Staff Bombardier (Mar. 45) 1.2 R/T Procedure (Mar. 45) Bombardier's Kit (Mar. 45) 13 Films and Publications (Mar. 45) ii Bombing Flight Record—Form 12C Unsatisfactory Reports (Mar. 45) 18 (Mar. 45) 14 SECTION TWO % Fundamentals Of 8021S ———————— Bombing Problem (Mar. 45) 2a Bombing Analysis (Mar. 45) 24 Bombing Tables (Mar. 45) 22 Aids for Bombardiers (Mar. 45) 25 Bombing Errors (Mar. 45) 23 SECTION THREE COmDUTC(S E-6B Computer (Mar. 45) a G-1 Computer (Mar. 45) 34 Automatic Bombing Computer (Mar. 45) 3-2 Time-of-Run Computations (Mar. 45). 3.5 Bombing Altitude Computations (Mar, 45)3-3 eS ‘Free Air Temperature Gage (Mar. 45) Astro-Compass (Mar. 45) 47 Pitot-Statie System (Mar. 45) ‘Bombsight and Driftmeter Alignment Airspeed Indicator (Mar. 45) (Mar. 45) 48 ‘Altimeter (Mar. 45) Pilotage Navigation (Mar. 45) 49 ‘Magnetic Compass (Mar. 45) Gyro-Stabilized Flux Gate Compass (Mar. 45) ‘Dead Reckoning Navigation (Mar. 45) 4-10 Radio Navigation Aids (Mar. 45) 41 & Gfcee 1945 * SECTION FIVE %& C-1) Autopilot ‘Nomenclature and Functioning (Mar. 45) 5-1 Directional Panel Turns (Mar. 45) 55 Preflight Procedure (Mar. 45) 52 Maladjustments and How to Correct a Engaging Procedure (Mar. 45) 33 ‘Them (Mar. 45) 56 Flight Adjustments (Mar. 45) 54 Formation Stick (Mar. 45) 57 rd cr Se ool ee