B-17 internal details

[Dominic Thomas]

Note - this should have been filed in the Aircraft section. Moderators, could you please do that for me?

 

As mentioned earlier, I had the opportunity to fly in a he B-17 ‘909’ in 2011. These are some views of the inside that I took on that flight 

This shows the area immediately above the ventral turret with the ammunition trays on either side. 


This is I believe the radio position:

Next, the bomb bay walkway, with a fee-paying passenger for scale !

The bomb sight :

The ammunition feed for one of the front guns  I hadn’t appreciated the colours needed for this in models :

Here is a view of the area immediately around the bombadier’s station :

And finally, one of the guns either side of the nose :

 

Very sadly, the aircraft crashed in 2019 with the loss of all on board. 

Edited April 21 by Dominic Thomas
Posted in wrong section

[SD45elect2000]

6 persons in the rear of the 909 survived with injuries. The aircraft was a total loss along with the crew.

 

Randall

[Dominic Thomas]

Thanks Randall for the correction. A sad day nonetheless. 

[Grumps123]

Very sad loss. Excellent and informative photos. 

[96RAF]

Is this the aircraft that was cut in half by a mid air collision by an unsighted fighter in a blind turn. Sad day.

You cannot imagine the noise and chaos there would have been in combat trying to repel attacking fighters - very brave crews.

[SD45elect2000]

You are thinking of “Yankee lady” that was destroyed last year in Texas in a collision with a P63. 
 

Nine O Nine was a year of two prior.

 

We lost two preserved fortresses and an Airacobra in just a couple years…

 

Randall

Edited Thursday at 21:09 by SD45elect2000