Originally posted by -lynx- I'd also hate to be a reloader on this sucker
Now for "Pappy" Gunn's exceptional contributions to the war effort with the B‑25. It was Pappy who put the 4 forward firing 50 caliber machine guns in the bombardier's compartment of B‑25 and 4 fifty caliber machine guns on the sides in two gun packages one each side of the navigators compartment. He first tried using 30 water cooled 30 caliber machine guns in the bomb bay pointing straight downs to strafe troops in their trenches. The vibration peeled the skin or at least loosened the skin around the bomb bay so that project was abandoned.
Originally posted by Swarmed Don't know about the German's using a down firing MG mod for planes. I did read about night fighter 110's that had UP firing MGs. These were used to fly underneath bombers in the dark of night and let loose into the belly of the enemy planes. Pretty crafty, but some tricky flying for that one...