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the lancaster kicks ass said:well any more info you've got on them? how big where they? how easy were they to use? did the americans use them much? because most source's i've read have said the British R1155 and T1154 together form one of the best radio systems of the day..........
evangilder said:Okay guys, I created a B-17 walkthrough section to the website. Five pages with 52 total photos. Page one starts below.
http://www.vg-photo.com/bombers/b17walkthru/b17wt1.html
evangilder said:I am not really sure what they are, but am guessing that its not standard equipment. It is likely something that they threw in to store something while on their tours. I have not seen those on any other B-17, and I have been through about 6 of them. They almost look like seat backs, so I am thinking that it may be some kind of removable seat for the ground crew that goes with the airplane on tour.
evangilder said:Well, the original positions were pretty scattered and I am sure that no one would volunteer to sit in the ball turret. There isn't really any acrgo space in there, except between the waist position and the tail, there is some open space that gets used on a lot of touring B-17s. The seat would be removable to make more space for the visitors going through, I assume. The waist position has the most available space for seats, so it makes the most sense if people want to sit together for the flight.
evangilder said:Okay guys, I created a B-17 walkthrough section to the website. Five pages with 52 total photos. Page one starts below.
http://www.vg-photo.com/bombers/b17walkthru/b17wt1.html