The View-Master URL: Military Training Reels

During World War II the U.S. Armed Forces commissioned View-Master reels for use in various training activities.

Reel Number	Title	Known Variant(s)
Anti-Aircraft Range Estimation For 20mm guns; printed with green ink.
Study Reels
AA-1	U.S.A. PBY-5	hand-lettered (buff)
AA-2	?
AA-3	U.S.A. B-24D HB
AA-4	U.K. Sunderland
AA-5	?
AA-6	?
AA-7	?
AA-8	?
AA-9	?
AA-10	German DO 217
AA-12	Japanese Zeke
AA-13	U.S.A. F4U
AA-14	?
AA-15	?
AA-16	U.S.A. P-47
AA-17	U.S.A. P-38
AA-18	?
AA-19	?
AA-20	U.S.A. OS2U-I
AA-29	U.S.N. SB2C-1
AA-36	U.S.A. PBY-5
AA-48	U.S.N. F4U-F
AA-57	U.S.A. A-20 M8
AA-64	U.S.N. SB2C-1
AA-66	Japanese Judy
AA-67	Japanese Judy
AA-73	U.S.A. B24D HB
AA-81	Jap. Sally M8
AA-83	U.S.A. F4U F
AA-85	U.S.A. P-51
AA-106	U.S.N. FM-2
AA-107	U.S.A. P-40
AA-108	U.S.N. SC-1
AA-110	U.S.N. PBM
AA-111	U.S.N. PB 4Y-2
AA-112	U.S.A. C-46
AA-113	U.S.A. C-47
AA-114	U.S.A. C-54
AA-115	U.S.A. B-29
AA-116	U.S.A. A-26
AA-117	U.S.A. P-61
AA-118	U.S.A. L-5
AA-119	U.K. Mosquito
AA-120	U.K. Hurricane
AA-121	U.K. Barracuda
AA-122	U.K. Typhoon
AA-123	U.K. Firefly
AA-124	U.K. Swordfish
AA-125	Jap. Nick
AA-126	Jap. Tony
AA-127	Jap. Jake
AA-128	Jap. Dinah
AA-130	Jap. Emily
AA-131	Jap. Jack
AA-132	Jap. Tojo
AA-133	Jap. Oscar-2
AA-134	Jap. Irving
AA-135	Jap. Paul
AA-136	Jap. Myrt
AA-137	Jap. Jill
AA-138	Jap. Frances
AA-139	Jap. Pete
AA-140	Jap. Ruff
Test Reels
AA-25	?	hand-lettered (buff)
AA-26	?
AA-28	?
AA-29	?

Reel Number	Title	Known Variant(s)
Anti-Aircraft Range Estimation For 1.1 inch & 20mm guns; printed with red ink.
Study Reels
AA-141	U.S.N. FM-2	hand-lettered (buff)
AA-142	U.S.A. P-40
AA-143	U.S.N. SC-1
AA-144	U.S.N. F7F-2
AA-145	U.S.N. PBM
AA-146	U.S.N. PB4Y-2
AA-147	U.S.A. C-46
AA-148	U.S.A. C-47
AA-149	U.S.A. C-54
AA-150	U.S.A. B-29
AA-151	U.S.A. A-26
AA-152	U.S.A. P-61
AA-153	U.S.A. L-5
AA-154	U.K. Mosquito
AA-155	U.K. Hurricane
AA-156	U.K. Barracuda
AA-157	U.K. Typhoon
AA-158	U.K. Firefly
AA-159	U.K. Swordfish
AA-160	Jap. Nick
AA-161	Jap. Tony
AA-162	Jap. Jake
AA-163	Jap. Dinah
AA-164	Jap. Helen
AA-165	Jap. Emily
AA-166	Jap. Jack
AA-167	Jap. Tojo
AA-168	Jap. Oscar-2
AA-169	Jap. Irving
AA-170	Jap. Paul
AA-171	Jap. Myrt
AA-172	Jap. Jill
AA-173	Jap. Frances
AA-174	Jap. Pete
AA-175	Jap. Rufe
Test Reels
AA-19	FW 190 Ger. P-51 U.S. SB2C-1 U.S. B-25 U.S. Zeke Jap. Betty Jap. ME 109F Ger.	hand-lettered (buff)
AA-21	FW 190 Ger. P-51 U.S. SB2C-1 U.S. B-25 U.S. Zeke Jap. Betty Jap. ME 109F Ger.
AA-30	?

Reel Number	Title	Known Variant(s)
Army Air Forces Flying Training Command Produced by the Jam Handy Organization Detroit, Mich. Contract No.W535ac35394 Date: 12-1-42 In the center of each disc the name, nationality, wingspan, and length of the plane is shown. The window shows the range and approach angle. The ring sight has a diameter of 70 mils. (see also below)
U.S. Aircraft
No.1	P-39	hand-lettered (buff)
No.2	P-40
No.3	P-51
No.4	P-47
No.5	?
No.6	A-24
No.7	?
No.8	A-20
No.9	A-29
No.10	B-25
No.11	B-26
No.12	B-17
No.13	B-24
Italian Aircraft
No.15	Macchi C-2000	hand-lettered (buff)
No.16	Regiane RE-2000
No.17	?
No.18	Fiat BR-20
No.19	Cantiere Z-1007
No.20	?
No.21	Riaggio P-32
No.22	Savoia Marchetti 79
No.23	Caproni CA-133
British Aircraft
No.26	Hurricane	hand-lettered (buff)
No.27	Spitfire
No.28	Whirlwind
No.29	Bealfighter I
No.30	Bealfighter II
No.31	Fulmar
No.32	ROC
No.33	Defiant
No.34	Wellington II
No.35	Wellington III
No.36	Stirling
No.37	Halifax
No.38	Manchester
No.39	Blenheim IV
No.40	Whitley
No.41	Hampden
No.42	Beaufort
No.43	Albacore
No.44	Swordfish
No.45	Skua
No.46	Sunderland
Russian Aircraft
No.48	IL-2	hand-lettered (buff)
No.49	PE-2
No.50	DB-3F
Japanese Aircraft
No.51	Mitsubishi 00	hand-lettered (buff)
No.52	'97' Fighter
No.53	Mitsubishi 96
No.54	Mitsubishi 97
No.55	Aichi 99
No.56	Nakajima 97
No.57	Mitsubishi 98
No.58	Kawasaki 97
German Aircraft
No.59	Messerschmitt 109F	hand-lettered (buff)
No.60	Messerschmitt 109E
No.61	Focke Wulf 190
No.62	Heinkel 112
No.63	Heinkel 113
No.64	Messerschmitt 110
No.65	Focke Wulf 187
No.66	Focke Wulf 189
No.67	?
No.68	?
No.69	Junkers 52
No.70	Junkers 90
No.71	Heinkel 111K
No.72	Dornier 172
No.73	Dornier 215
No.74	?
No.75	Junkers 86K
No.76	Focke Wulf 200K
No.77	Junkers 88A-6
No.78	Junkers 87-B

Reel Number	Title	Known Variant(s)
Army Air Forces "Cones of Fire" AAF Specification No.24908, Order No.44-6535-AF, W33-038 AC-3039 photography & development by Three Dimension Co., Chicago Ill.
#1	?	hand-lettered (buff) ©1944
#2	?
#3	?
#4	?
#5	?
#6	?
#7	?
#8	?
#9	?

Reel Number	Title	Known Variant(s)
Fixed Gunnery Deflection Specification 24900, Order No.44-6482-AF, W33-038 AC-3010 photography by Transfilm Inc., New York
AA-1	?	hand-lettered (buff) ©1944
AA-2	?
AA-3	?
AA-4	?
AA-5	?
AA-6	?
AA-7	?
AA-8	?
AA-9	?
AA-10	?
AA-12	?
AA-13	?
AA-14	?
AA-15	?
AA-16	?
AA-17	?
AA-18	?
AA-19	?
AA-20	?

Reel Number	Nationality	Title/Subject	Known Variant(s)
Ship-to-Ship Identification
Study No.1	German	von Tirpitz	hand-lettered (buff)
Study No.2		Prinz Eugen
Study No.3		Admiral Scheer
Study No.4		The Köln
Study No.5		The Nürnberg
Study No.6		The Roeder Class
Study No.7		The Maasz
Study No.8	Japanese	Kongo Class
Study No.9		Fuso Class
Study No.10		?
Study No.11		Nagato Class
Study No.12		Nachi Class
Study No.13		Agato Class
Study No.14		Mogami Class
Study No.15		Tone Class
Study No.16		Sendai Class
Study No.17		Natori Class
Study No.18		Fubuki Class
Study No.19		Hatsuharu Class
Study No.20		Asashio Class
Study No.21		Mutsuki Class
Night Study No.1	German	7 Ships at Night, 1 View of Each: von Tirpitz Prinz Eugen Admiral Scheer Köln Nürnberg Roeder Class Maasz
Night Study No.2	Japanese	7 Ships at Night, 1 View of Each: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Night Study No.3	Japanese	7 Ships at Night, 1 View of Each: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Test No.1	German	7 Ships, 1 View of Each: von Tirpitz Prinz Eugen Admiral Scheer Köln Nürnberg Roeder Class Maasz Class
Test No.2	Japanese	7 Ships, 1 View of Each: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Test No.3	Japanese	7 Ships, 1 View of Each: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Reel Number	Title	Known Variant(s)
Naval Aviation Gunner Training "Stereoscopic Range Estimator" Naval Aviation Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy These reels were distributed in at least three differently-configured sets: a 50-reel boxed set containing reels s1-s25 & t1-t25; a 100-reel boxed set containing reels s1-s50 & t1-t50 with two Model B viewers; a 150-reel boxed set containing reels s1-s75 & t1-t75 with two Model B viewers.
Study Reels
s1	Lockheed "Lightning," P38E, U.S. Army Fighter	hand-lettered (buff)
s2	Republic "Thunderbolt," P-47B, U.S. Army fighter
s3	North American "Mustang," P-51, U.S. Army Fighter
s4	Lockheed "Hudson," A-29, U.S. Army Attack
s5	Martin "Baltimore," A-30, U.S. Army Attack
s6	Vultee "Vengeance," A-31, U.S. Army Attack
s7	North American "Mitchell," B-25B, U.S. Army Medium Bomber
s8	Martin "Marauder," B-26B-1, U.S. Army Medium Bomber
s9	Consolidated "Liberator," B-24, U.S. Army Heavy Bomber
s10	Curtiss O-52, U.S. Army Observation
s11	Grumman "Wildcat," F4F-4, U.S. Navy Fighter
s12	Vought-Sikorsky "Corsair," F4U-1, U.S. Navy Fighter
s13	Curtiss "Helldiver," SB2C-1 (Lakdpl.), U.S. Navy Scout Bomber
s14	Douglas "Dauntless," SBD-3-4, U.S. Navy Scout Bomber
s15	Vought-Sikorsky "Vindicator," SB2U-3 (Lakdpl.), U.S Navy Scout Bomber
s16	Grumman "Avenger," TBF1, U.S. Navy Torpedo Bomber
s17	Curtiss "Seagull," SO3C-1 (Seapl), U.S. Navy Scout Observation
s18	Vought-Sikorsky "Kingfisher," OS5U-1, U.S. Navy Observation Scout
s19	North American "Texan," SNJ-2, U.S. Adv. Trainer
s20	Consolidated "Catalina," PBY-S, U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber
s21	Consolidated "Coronado," PB2Y-3, U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber
s22	Martin "Mariner," PBM-3, U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber
s23	Hawker "Hurricane," Hurricane I, II, British Fighter
s24	Vickers-Armstrong "Spitfire," Spitfire V, British Fighter
s25	Short "Stirling," British Heavy Bomber
s26	Focke Wulf "Zerstörer," Fw.187, German Fighter
s27	Heinkel "He.113," German Fighter
s28	Messerschmitt "Me.109F," German Fighter
s29	Messerschmitt "Me.110," German Fighter
s30	Focke Wulf Fw.189 "Flying Eye," German Observation
s31	Junkers "Stuka," Ju.87B, German Dive Bomber
s32	Heinkel "He.IIIK," German Torpedo Bomber
s33	Junkers "Ju.88A-1," German Medium Bomber
s34	Mitsubishi (Nakajima) "Claude," Type 96 NF, Japanese Fighter
s35	Mitsubishi "Zero-Zeke," Type00 INF, Japanese Fighter
s36	Nakajima (Mitsubishi) "Abdul," Type 97 ANF, Japanese Fighter
s37	Aichi "Val," Type 99 NDB, Japanese Dive Momber
s38	Kawasaki "Mary," Type 97 ALB, Japanese Light Bomber
s39	Mitsubishi "Babs," Type 97 ALB, Japanese Light Bomber
s40	Mitsubishi "Ida," Type 98 ALB, Japanese Light Bomber
s41	Mitsubishi "Sonia," Type 96 ALB-R, Japanese Light Bomber Rec.
s42	Nakajima (Mitsubishi) "Kate," Type 97 NTB, Japanese Torpedo Bomber
s43	Nakajima "Adam," Type 97 NFB, Japanese Obs. Seaplane
s44	Kawasaki "Dick," Type 98 ANF, Japanese Fighter
s45	Mitsubishi "Ruth," Fait Be20 (Type 96 AMS), Japanese Medium Bomber
s46	Mitsubishi "Nell," Type 98 NMB, Japanese Medium Bomber
s47	Mitsubishi "Sally," Type 98 ANMB, Japanese Medium Bomber
s48	Polikarpov I-16 "Mosca," Russian Fighter
s49	Petlyakov "Pe-2," Russian Light Bomber
s50	Stormovik "Il-2," Russian Dive Bomber
s51	Fiat "Fiat G-50," Italian Fighter
s52	Bristol "Blenheim," IV, British Medium Bomber
s53	Boeing "Flying Fortress," B-17G, U.S. Army Heavy Bomber
s54	Junkers "Ju.52," German Transport
s55	Short "Sunderland," British Patrol Bomber
s56	Junkers "Ju.90," German Heavy Bomber Transport
s57	Cantiere "Cant.," Z-1007 BIS, Italian Medium Bomber
s58	Focke-Wulf "Fw.190," German Fighter
s59	Dornier "DO 217E," German Medium Bomber
s60	Fairey "Albacore," British Torpedo Reconnaisance
s61	Douglas "Havoc" or "Boston," U.S. Army Light Bomber
s62	Nakajima "Dave," Type 95 R-FP, Japanese Reconnaissance
s63	Mitsubishi "Topsy," Type MC-20-T, Japanese Transport
s64	Bell "Airacobra," P-39, U.s. Army Fighter
s65	Vickers-Armstrong "Wellington Mk.III," British Medium Bomber
s66	Bristol "Beaufort," British Light Bomber
s67	Bristol "Beaufighter II," British Fighter
s68	Savoia-Marchetti "SM-79," Italian Medium Bomber
s69	Savoia-Marchetti "SM-82," Italian Medium Bomber
s70	Cantiere "Cant Z-506B," Italian Torpedo Bomber
s71	Fiat "Fiat CR-42," Italian Fighter
s72	Handley-Paige "Halifax," British Heavy Bomber
s73	Mikoyan-Gurevich "MiG-3," Russian Fighter
s74	Fairey "Barracuda," British Torpedo Bomber
s75	Aurd "Lancaster I," British Heavy Bomber
Test Reels
t1	7 Planes: Mitsubishi "Sonia" Nakajima "Kate" Mistubishi Zero Nakajima "Abdul" Mitsubishi "Ida" Mitsubishi "Sally" Aichi "Val"	hand-lettered (buff)
t2
t3
t4
t5
t6
t7
t8	?
t9	7 Planes: "II-2" Sturmovik "Ruth" Mitsubishi "Hudson" Lockheed A-29 "Flying Eye" Focke Wulf FW-189 "Babs" Mitsubishi "Nell" Mitsubishi "Mary" Kawasaki
t10
t11
t12
t13
t14
t15	7 Planes: Coronado PB2Y Mustang P-51 B-24 Liberator Vought F4U Corsair Focke Wulf Fw.187 Messerschmitt Me.110 Heinkel He.113
t16
t17
t18
t19
t20
t21	?
t22	7 Planes: SB2 Helldiver Marauder AT-6 Texan Douglas Dauntless Grumman Avenger Vultee Vengeance Martin A30 Baltimore
t23
t24	?
t25	7 Planes: SB2 Helldiver Marauder AT-6 Texan Douglas Dauntless Grumman Avenger Vultee Vengeance Martin A30 Baltimore
t26
t27
t28
t29	7 Planes: Curtiss Seagull Kawasaki Dick Sikorsky Vindicator Short Stirling Messerschmitt Me.109f Curtiss O-52 Polikarpov I-16
t30
t31
t32
t33
t34
t35
t36	7 Planes: Nakajima Adam Hawker Hurricane Mitsubishi Claude Martin Mariner Junkers Ju.87 Stuka Petlyakov Pe-2 Grumman F4F Wildcat
t37
t38
t39
t40	?
t41	7 Planes: Curtiss Seagull Kawasaki Dick Sikorsky Vindicator Short Stirling Messerschmitt Me.109f Curtiss O-52 Polikarpov I-16
t42
t43	7 Planes: Junkers Ju.88 Thunderbolt Lightning Kingfisher Catalina Heinkel He.111 North American B-25 Mitchell
t44	?
t45	7 Planes: Junkers Ju.88 Spitfire Lightning Kingfisher Catalina Heinkel He.111 North American B-25 Mitchell
t46	?
t47	7 Planes: Junkers Ju.88 Thunderbolt Lightning Kingfisher Spitfire Heinkel He.111 North American B-25 Mitchell
t48	7 Planes: Junkers Ju.88 Thunderbolt Lightning Spitfire Kingfisher Catalina North American B-25 Mitchell
t49	7 Planes: Junkers Ju.88 Thunderbolt Lightning Spitfire Kingfisher Catalina Heinkel He.111
t50
t51	7 Planes: Bell P-39 "Airacobra" Mitsubishi MC-20T "Topsy" Nakajima 95 R-FP "Dave" Fiat G-50 "Fiat" Cantiere Z1007 bis "Cantiere" Junkers "JU 52" Focke-Wulf "FW 190"
t52	?
t53	?
t54	?
t55	7 Planes
t56	?
t57	?
t58	7 Planes
t59	?
t60	?
t61	?
t62	?
t63	?
t64	?
t65	?
t66	Dornier DO 217E Savoia-Marchetti SM-79 Fairey Albacore Short Sunderland Junkers JU 90 Bristol Beaufort Bristol Bealfigher II
t67	?
t68	?
t69	?
t70	?
t71	?
t72	?
t73	?
t74	?
t75	?

Reel Number	Title	Known Variant(s)
Aircraft Reels of Unknown Purpose The following reels were listed in Dalia Miller's Autumn 1996 catalog. While they seem similar to the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command reels their subjects and numbers differ from other known reels in the AAF set; they may be from a variant edition of the AAF reels or from an altogether different military training series.
No.1	Bell P-39 (Army)	hand-lettered (buff)
No.21	Northrop A-17A (Army)
No.27	Foreign Planes - 7 different
No.28	Foreign Planes - 7 different
No.30	Foreign Planes - 7 different
No.32	Foreign Planes - 7 different
No.35	Foreign Planes - 7 different
No.37	Foreign Planes - 7 different
No.38	Foreign Planes - 7 different
No.43	Foreign Planes - 7 different
No.44	Whitley Bomber
No.48	Bristol Blenheim (bomber)
No.50	Fairey Sea Fox
No.52	Blackburn Skua (Altitude Bomber)
No.54	Short Sunderland
No.66	Junkers - Bomber
No.71	U.S. Planes - 7 different
No.77	U.S. Planes - 7 different
No.78	U.S. Planes - 7 different
No.83	U.S. Planes - 7 different
No.86	U.S. Planes - 7 different

Military Training Reels

Anti-Aircraft Range Estimation

Anti-Aircraft Range Estimation

Army Air Forces Flying Training Command

Army Air Forces "Cones of Fire"

Fixed Gunnery Deflection

Ship-to-Ship Identification

Naval Aviation Gunner Training

Aircraft Reels of Unknown Purpose