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Geo, he will not!JESUS H. "TAP DANCING" CHRIST........STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Indeed, doesn't the pilot (and on B-17/24 co-pilot) have an armoured seat? He's the one guy protected from the rear.Hey... I have no idea what you are talking about... never the less... My guess is that the most dangerous position in a bomber was in the rear...
Why...because most of the shooting came from the rear, the plane being taled...
Bollocks, Mynarski of the Mynarski Lancaster fame was awarded his posthumous VC because the tail gunner he tried to rescue actually survived the burning plane crash landing without a crew. In many situations the pilot and frequently A.N. Other were required to keep a damaged bomber flying straight and level to allow the crew to bail out, they frequently couldn't get out themselves. I am tired of you dragging up threads started by people who are no longer with us but were valued members when they were alive, it is sick and disrespectful. When the LW and some RAF squadrons were using head on attacks the most dangerous place is obviously not in the tail, same for Schrage Musik attacks.The most dangerous position on a World War 2 bomber would be in a tail turret. For instance, if I were alone in a tail turret, I would be killed by flak if an enemy plane damaged the tail turret. The perceived ineffectiveness of the B-52 tail guns against enemy warplanes in Operation Desert Storm was the reason why all B-52 bombers were stripped of tail guns.
The most dangerous position on a World War 2 bomber would be in a tail turret. For instance, if I were alone in a tail turret, I would be killed by flak if an enemy plane damaged the tail turret. The perceived ineffectiveness of the B-52 tail guns against enemy warplanes in Operation Desert Storm was the reason why all B-52 bombers were stripped of tail guns.
Most tailgunners were alone in the tail position and out of curiosity: what happens if flak damages the turret?The most dangerous position on a World War 2 bomber would be in a tail turret. For instance, if I were alone in a tail turret, I would be killed by flak if an enemy plane damaged the tail turret.
The real reason they removed the tail guns from the B-52, is because a B-52 is faster than the Bf109 and Fw190.The perceived ineffectiveness of the B-52 tail guns against enemy warplanes in Operation Desert Storm was the reason why all B-52 bombers were stripped of tail guns.
When you realize each B-24 and B-17 had 2 waist gunners it looks like all the gunner positions were pretty much the same.
Matter of fact no position in the aircraft seems to be that much safer than any other.
What is curious is that more pilots than co-pilots made it out of the shot down aircraft to become POWs.
And by bombs from the planes above you.The most dangerous position on a World War 2 bomber would be in a tail turret. For instance, if I were alone in a tail turret, I would be killed by flak if an enemy plane damaged the tail turret.
That is perception , told to you by a survivor.Spoke a while ago to a WW2 B-17 gunner - according to him, the most dangerous positions were the tail gunner and cockpit. Tail gunner because most attacks were initiated from astern, cockpit because the attacking fighters knew that once they killed the pilots, the airplane was gone. One of the "safest" positions was, oddly enough, was the ball turret.
Jake
Can the bombardier fly the aircraft?cockpit because the attacking fighters knew that once they killed the pilots, the airplane was gone.
Can the bombardier fly the aircraft?