B-17 Interior of Bomb Bay
Flying_Things

by

Allen Sheffield

B-17 Interior of Bomb Bay
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B-17 Interior of Bomb Bay
The packages addressed to German targets. These are 100 pound bombs. You had to pass between these uprights to get to the aft. I am 6'2" and over 200 pounds. My size 13 shoes barely allowed me to squeeze through. No doubt the average bomber crew men were a bit more compact 70 years ago.