Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast', ventral guns Sperry electric ball turret with open entry hatch. Normally, this hatch entered from inside the fuselage when rotated upward only after takeoff., at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast', vintage radio transmitters, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast', open bomb bay doors, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast', bombs in bomb bay-token number, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast', engine controls, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast', 'greenhouse', flight controls, panels-modenized and engine controls. Note: GPS chartplotter top center between hand holds, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast', flight panel, engine controls, throttles, etc., at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , pilot's panels-modernized, flight and engines controls, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , copilot's panel-modernized & flight controls. Note: huge rudder pedals, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , radio operator compartment (roomiest in the plane?) vintage transceiver & work desk. Note: Morse code key., at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast', radio compartment operator vintage avionics, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , radio operator compartment vintage avionics, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , radio operator's compartment side machine gun on right side, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , tail gunner access looking aft-lonely place, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , 50 caliber machine gun ammo feed box to right waist gun. Yellow bottle is for aviator's breathing oxygen for ventral Sperry electric ball turret operator/gunner only., at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , left waist machine gun, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , right waist machine gun, at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR
Aircraft N5017N, 1944 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Aluminum Overcast' , waist machine guns-six foot man shows area size. Looking forward., at OXR, photo by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ OXR