The K-13

This is a photo taken by JD45. It shows the carriage which supports the K-13 Compensating Site and a Browning .50 caliber MG.

The Bakelite handles are part of the E-13 adapter, at the rear. The adapter has a large dovetail slot which accepts the K-13 site.

The handle viewed from bottom end.


The Bakelite handle I used
to make the mold.

A page from the installation manual
for the K-13, dated June, 1944.
This is the ID plate on the back of the E-13 adapter which was manufactured by the John C. Turner Corporation under license of Bell Aircraft. The Manual says Sperry, the company which made, among other things, the ball turrets for both the B-17 and B-24.

Gunner on the B-24L. On this model the belly turret was removed and a single Browning .50 was installed on a ball mount. The belly turret returned on the
B-24M.

Brown Bakelite handle from
original ANM2 spade grips
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