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Bomber Camp

Plane and Pilot

For ferry flights, two 410-gallon tanks could be installed in the bomb bay, giving the bomber a 3,400-mile range. The guns from nose to tail were as follows: The electrically powered and hydraulically actuated Bendix chin turret (B-17G only) was operated by the bombardier when he wasnt head down in the Norden bombsight.

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