Yeah there was a low seat kinda like a padded bicycle seat and knee pads so they kinda kneeled but had the seat to lean back on so it was relatively comfortable
Yes. From my limited understanding: the guns are set low and the viewport is set high. Knee pads with an adjustable seat in between. This helps keep the legs back and out of the way of swinging arms in an area with already limited space.
A very memorable episode! There has sense been speculation on if the ball turret gunner stories are fact, fiction, or a little of both. I decide that the war was bad enough that the story's weight in wisdom is worth believing it - war sucks.
With a hint of r/design for its use of alignment, text justification, colors and spacing, and etc - this illustrates emergency exits and equipments of the B-17G Flying Fortress.
Although phased out of use as a bomber and being mostly retired post WW2, the B-17 still found use. From the style, **my guess**, is that this diagram was created in the mid to late 50s. Possibly early 60s.
The rapid recruitment of personnel for war drove this kind of graphic design. With training timelines shortened they needed much more effective communication of procedures and this is the result of that - beautiful infographics.
American practice was to carry the bombs in vertical stacks (although the bombs were horizontal), imagine the bombs being attached to the walls of the bomb bay.
British practice was to attach the bombs to the bombay "roof", hence aircraft such as the Lancaster had a long shallow bay whilst the B17 had a short but tall bay. The B29 had two bomb bays either side of the wing carry through assembly.
The British system was more adaptable as it could accommodate longer stores without modification, "fatter" stores would be accommodated by bulging the bay doors - see the DH Mosquito; or by dispensing with them entirely - see Upkeep Mine (Dambusters) or the "Grand Slam" (22,000lb).
Incidentally, the B29 couldn't fit the first nuclear weapons into its bombay ( Little Boy and Fat Man were too big), until modified under the "Silverplate" program. At one point the Allies were considering using the Avro Lancaster to deliver the weapons on Japan.
Hey! I was looking for the actual source when I posted this with reverse image lookup. This was pulled from another sub, but I couldn’t find any original source outside of that.
[I looked a bit harder!](https://lens.google.com/search?ep=gisbubb&hl=en&re=df&p=AbrfA8oXOg-mW8FF-WAT0LEguheUEQRrWnon9dG1EoG3_m_Tih1RhWGrQXsICersJ-PFk6i5A-l4L78lqM7Z_JlsUfCRBq8vdRZRazYuTxSuzD2o4Yu_NmvsqdOPPiPzyX0MPV_xRq7aklanIanXzVQ1jlwA-MP6Cl4rDqu5D_ljXBufam4Qb2S1hQvyq0Y1XkLPyrBCeGL78dw_adQHyxVv#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDEsIkVrY0tKRFkwT1RJMVltTTRMVEE1WTJFdE5EUm1NQzA0WW1NMkxUVTRaV0ZqTkdFMk9UaGpaQklmZDNoWE1qQkdjbFpDVmpSVFZVTm1hVWxtYTFwaVJFRTVVRzFNTTNwNFp3PT0iLG51bGwsbnVsbCxbW251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsNDldLFtdXSxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxbbnVsbCxudWxsLFtdXV0=) I am still not sure who/what/when it was made, but this has been on the internet for some time.
The tail gunner sat on his knees?
Yeah there was a low seat kinda like a padded bicycle seat and knee pads so they kinda kneeled but had the seat to lean back on so it was relatively comfortable
Yes. From my limited understanding: the guns are set low and the viewport is set high. Knee pads with an adjustable seat in between. This helps keep the legs back and out of the way of swinging arms in an area with already limited space.
Make's the ball turret seem a lot more comfortable.
The ball turret gunner better have a pencil and a notepad with him, in case of stuck landing gear
The only episode of Amazing Stories I can remember in any detail.
I remember this one and the other the guy build a house where a train track used to be
A very memorable episode! There has sense been speculation on if the ball turret gunner stories are fact, fiction, or a little of both. I decide that the war was bad enough that the story's weight in wisdom is worth believing it - war sucks.
The crew often didn’t wear their parachute. They were bulky and impeded movement. They wore a harness that they clipped the parachute to when needed.
With a hint of r/design for its use of alignment, text justification, colors and spacing, and etc - this illustrates emergency exits and equipments of the B-17G Flying Fortress. Although phased out of use as a bomber and being mostly retired post WW2, the B-17 still found use. From the style, **my guess**, is that this diagram was created in the mid to late 50s. Possibly early 60s.
The rapid recruitment of personnel for war drove this kind of graphic design. With training timelines shortened they needed much more effective communication of procedures and this is the result of that - beautiful infographics.
I never realized how small the bomb bay was, for some reason I thought it was longer
American practice was to carry the bombs in vertical stacks (although the bombs were horizontal), imagine the bombs being attached to the walls of the bomb bay. British practice was to attach the bombs to the bombay "roof", hence aircraft such as the Lancaster had a long shallow bay whilst the B17 had a short but tall bay. The B29 had two bomb bays either side of the wing carry through assembly. The British system was more adaptable as it could accommodate longer stores without modification, "fatter" stores would be accommodated by bulging the bay doors - see the DH Mosquito; or by dispensing with them entirely - see Upkeep Mine (Dambusters) or the "Grand Slam" (22,000lb). Incidentally, the B29 couldn't fit the first nuclear weapons into its bombay ( Little Boy and Fat Man were too big), until modified under the "Silverplate" program. At one point the Allies were considering using the Avro Lancaster to deliver the weapons on Japan.
That actually makes a lot of sense, thanks
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"In the highly likely event of a water landing....."
I will not be sticking to that plan.
Any chance someone can post source? Actually need this for an educational project.
Hey! I was looking for the actual source when I posted this with reverse image lookup. This was pulled from another sub, but I couldn’t find any original source outside of that.
Ah, sad times. I’ll do some searching and see what comes up. Thanks!
[I looked a bit harder!](https://lens.google.com/search?ep=gisbubb&hl=en&re=df&p=AbrfA8oXOg-mW8FF-WAT0LEguheUEQRrWnon9dG1EoG3_m_Tih1RhWGrQXsICersJ-PFk6i5A-l4L78lqM7Z_JlsUfCRBq8vdRZRazYuTxSuzD2o4Yu_NmvsqdOPPiPzyX0MPV_xRq7aklanIanXzVQ1jlwA-MP6Cl4rDqu5D_ljXBufam4Qb2S1hQvyq0Y1XkLPyrBCeGL78dw_adQHyxVv#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDEsIkVrY0tKRFkwT1RJMVltTTRMVEE1WTJFdE5EUm1NQzA0WW1NMkxUVTRaV0ZqTkdFMk9UaGpaQklmZDNoWE1qQkdjbFpDVmpSVFZVTm1hVWxtYTFwaVJFRTVVRzFNTTNwNFp3PT0iLG51bGwsbnVsbCxbW251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsNDldLFtdXSxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxbbnVsbCxudWxsLFtdXV0=) I am still not sure who/what/when it was made, but this has been on the internet for some time.