Emergency bombs release on B-17

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Dec 17, 2016
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When a B-17 was badly hit during a bomb raid, and had diffculties to follow her Combat Box, the pilot would drop the bombs in emergnecy to ligthen his ship. If the pilot was killed right away in a frontal atttack for instance, who else would be in a position to do it ; the copilot, I guess, and probably the bombardier, but was there any mechnical lever or a switch that someone else could use if necessaey to jettisson the bombs in a salvo. Regards
 
For B-17F and G. From "Pilot's Manual for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress"

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