B-17 F part ID

[papageno]

Hi guys
Could someone properly ID this "floor board" that came from a crashed B-17 F. It looks about 3'x 8' or 1m x 2,6 m .
Any reference to the location in the a/c would be a bonus.
cheers

 

[Airframes]

Might be the camera hatch cover.

 

[papageno]

This thing is huge almost like a sheet of plywood . I figure it my be a walkway in the rear fuselage where the waist gunner were ?

 

[cvairwerks]

Left hand lower door, just inboard of the #1 nacelle.

 

[papageno]

Left hand lower door, just inboard of the #1 nacelle.

You mean like a fuel tank access panel on the bottom of the wing between #1 and #2 engines ?

 

[cvairwerks]

You mean like a fuel tank access panel on the bottom of the wing between #1 and #2 engines ?

Correct, although Boeing calls it a door, it's actually a structural panel. The small door within the panel should be the tank sump drain access. The #1 and #2 engine supply and feeder tanks are above that panel.

 

[papageno]

Thanks so much for your help.

 

[MiTasol]

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