What is the meaning of A.F.C. as in: “Turning off the I.P., I got our group properly spaced behind the lead group, then turned the ship over to Bax on A.F.C?
The full name is A.F.C.E. for Automatic Flight Control Equipment. The lead plane was on autopilot almost all of the time. This provided a stable plane to try to fly the formation on. No quick turns. The lead pilot made small adjustments with the autopilot controls to routinely fly the plane. In this case, Bax was Baxter, the lead bombardier. At the proper time, the bombardier engages the bomb site to the autopilot with a switch. The aligning of the bomb site to hit the target action turns the plane in a horization plane. Meanwhile the pilot maintained a constant speed and altitude. For additional details see the B-17 A.F.C.E contribution by Willis Frazier, 601st Squadron Operations.
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