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Staff Sergeant
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- Jan 31, 2021
In a B-17, we have a crew of 10 people, not all of which are always lost when the aircraft is lost. In a B-24, we have a crew of 11. The B-24 has a separate nose gunner while the B-17 has a nose gunner/bombardier.
Huh? I've never seen that. The B-24 normally carried ten crew, same as the B-17. The B-29 had eleven crew, with one being a dedicated radar operator.