BAJ wrote:
Certainly, the early turret had the removable top panel which is held in place by 4 over centre clips with the hatch removed completely to the inside of the aircraft or outside on a lanyard.
As to the eyeball turret, logic would dictate the it must have still had a removable top panel for ease of mooring and continuance of existing operation procedures
BAJ, thank you for the prompt answer!
I'm sure this is the real case, but I still have my doubts that a removable top of the eye-ball turret could only be the steel one (like in the photo above). The spherical plexi top from the first photos and scheme I posted is IMHO not removable or at least not fixed with clips, but bolted.
tom d. friedman wrote:
i've always wondered what that "wash board" looking panel just under the turret was for.
Tom, the "washboard" are the shutters covering the bombardier's window. Later models have a triangular one, the earlier type was rectangular.
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