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Offline orion1

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B-17G
« on: April 23, 2010, 04:48:52 PM »
aces high forgot the radio room turret :airplane:
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Offline Guppy35

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Re: B-17G
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2010, 05:46:35 PM »
Nah, they didn't.  The radio room gun was removed and the radio man took over one of the waist guns.  It allowed them to cut the crew down to 9.  Did the G start out with a radio room gun?  Sure, but it wasn't found to be worth the extra weight.
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Offline Krusty

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Re: B-17G
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2010, 05:47:08 PM »
It wasn't useful anyways. It was never a "turret" -- just a single flexible gun mount. Our model with the late-style Cheyenne tail probably never had the radio room gun, so for what we have it's accurate.
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Offline orion1

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Re: B-17G
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2010, 06:50:32 PM »
ok thank you for that info
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Offline uptown

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Re: B-17G
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2010, 09:03:12 PM »
Quote from: orion1 on April 23, 2010, 04:48:52 PM
aces high forgot the radio room turret :airplane:
I've always thought that too! So you know what I do to make eveything more real? I just slip a clear plastic, 5 gallon bucket over my head when I talk on vox. I sounds really cool too  :aok
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Offline Clone155

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Re: B-17G
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2010, 12:33:48 AM »
Quote from: uptown on April 23, 2010, 09:03:12 PM
I've always thought that too! So you know what I do to make eveything more real? I just slip a clear plastic, 5 gallon bucket over my head when I talk on vox. I sounds really cool too  :aok
:rofl
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