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- Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:31 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: The way 42-32076 should look . . .
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Gary, The explanation is very simple: Not all B-17G airplanes had staggered waist gun stations. Check out Roger Freeman's book: The B-17 Flying Fortress Story or the above-mentioned Squadron Signal Publication B-17 IN ACTION for the story on staggered waist windows. The early B-17G airplanes did not...
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:34 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: The way 42-32076 should look . . .
- Replies: 8
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Enclosed Radio room gun was standard for a little while on the G model; the radio room gun was deleted in later variants of the G model. I just checked several of my reference books---Those type of waist gun enclosures can be found in most every book featuring B-17 airplanes. You might want to check...