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March 13th 04, 02:53 PM
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B-17 forward guin positions
It looks to me like the B-17 had more forward guns than people to fire them.
According to my count there were two men in the forward compartment (bombadier and navigator). Looking at pictures of the B-17F Memphis Belle I see four guns, each in a separate loophole in the nose of the plane. Looking at pictures of B-17G's I see 2 cheek guns and the chin turret. Another picture shows the bombadier's area and he has a cheek gun position and controls for the chin turret. Did they switch to whatever gun had a target in range? 
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