B-17 Bombardier's and Navigators Compartment

[Subdeacon Joe]

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

Expanded....  

 

 

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I'm rereading this and it comes to mind that if the maximum of 13 BMG.50 are all firing at once, all four engines are running at capacity, explosions (even if the plane isn't hit directly), God's own air turbulence, rapid changes in weight when the bombs are dropped, and a number of other common occurances going on all at the same time, and the materials used..........well, this thing shouldn't have survived any mission whatsoever to fly a second time, even if made it back home.

 

And that doesn't take any combat damage into consideration.

[watab kid]

thanks that was enlightening , id seen training films similar to this but of that era for the B=29s but never seen this much detail on the 17s