B-17 Aluminum Overcast – Credit where credit is due

[Matt Gunsch]

I recall reading a long time ago, that on B-17s the nose gunner moved teatwatds [EDITED: MUST say rearwards. This =#$* spell checker has its preferences : ) ] into the fuselage, from his pisition in case of an accident.

Was this the case?

Saludos,


Tulio

Would you want to be the first one to the scene of a accident ? If I was the bombardier or navigator, I would be hauling butt to as far back into the fuselage as I could go, Let the pilots get to the accident scene first.