Hello,
I am quite new on this forum and I am trying to better understand why in the Boston III Z2157 that crashed in Wevelgem the 7th November 1942, four airmen where found on the crash scene. In most documentation on the internet you find that the crew exist out of 3 people. It's from the Boston IIIa versions that you clearly find in the manuals, that a crew of 4 is foreseen. So the mystery that I try to clear is to find some pictures are documents that can explain and clarify that we had 2 airman in the gunner compartment. So maybe it is possible that the aircraft is mentioned as a Boston III but in reality it's a Boston IIIa. So I was wondering if somewhere you can check based on the Z2157 number what was the type at manufacture.... Thanks a lot for your help.
I am quite new on this forum and I am trying to better understand why in the Boston III Z2157 that crashed in Wevelgem the 7th November 1942, four airmen where found on the crash scene. In most documentation on the internet you find that the crew exist out of 3 people. It's from the Boston IIIa versions that you clearly find in the manuals, that a crew of 4 is foreseen. So the mystery that I try to clear is to find some pictures are documents that can explain and clarify that we had 2 airman in the gunner compartment. So maybe it is possible that the aircraft is mentioned as a Boston III but in reality it's a Boston IIIa. So I was wondering if somewhere you can check based on the Z2157 number what was the type at manufacture.... Thanks a lot for your help.