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Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:49 pm
by Credible Sport
Hi Folks,
In any B 17 Y1B thru G, was there ever door in the floor between the pilots, that covered the top of the tunnel to the nose compartment? I have not heard of this anyone?
Thanks,
Tim
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:51 pm
by Credible Sport
Is there a door here?
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:32 am
by terveurn
Doors from the TO
doors.JPG
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:10 pm
by Credible Sport
Thanks was this standard? removed or deleted later on?
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 9:50 pm
by DryMartini
The door was there from the early models through the E. I've seen it
In early F drawings, but don't know at what serial number they were discontinued.
I'll look into it and post when I find some time.
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 12:50 pm
by DryMartini
From the blueprints:
The doors in the floor leading under the flight deck were there
late into the B-17F production run.
Note: Boeing built only - I do not have data for Douglas and Vega
Metal doors with corrugation (as shown in the TO drawing above)
ran from the B-17B through the B-17E, (Possibly earlier but I
cannot confirm the 299/YB-17 usage at this time), and the
first 320 examples of the B-17F from S/N 41-24340 --> 41-24639
and S/N 42-5050 --> 42-5069.
Wood doors were used from S/N 42-5070 --> 42-5484 and
S/N 42-29467 --> 42-30505
Leaving the B-17Fs S/N42-30506 --> 42-31031
and all B-17Gs doorless.
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:18 pm
by Chris Brame
DryMartini wrote:
Wood doors were used from S/N 42-5070 --> 42-5484 and
S/N 42-29467 --> 42-30505
Boeing Bee 42-29782 fits in there - did it get wooden doors when it was restored?
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 4:11 pm
by terveurn
Boeing Bee has tunnel doors installed there is a walk thru on-line that shows them:
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=ArPe3NZ5f1o
boeing Bee 1.JPG
boeing bee 2.JPG
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 3:44 pm
by Lucky 13
they were in the Douglas, late F's
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:31 pm
by terveurn
From the BAD June 1943 memo mods to be accomplished before entering service
Removing the cockpit floor doors is item 7
doors.JPG
Re: Was there A Door in the Tunnel?
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:07 pm
by Chuck Giese
oh man, in step 13 I'll bet Chuck was a busy boy!!!