[303rd-Talk] B-17 Enter and Exit

[Gordon Walker]

Hello All,

A couple of questions.  I had never given it much thought before but  was wondering if the door just to the front of the tail wheel was where everyone got in and out of the plane?  There is another small door that I can see just to the rear of the tail wheel.  Was this for the tail gunner to get in and out?  or was he able to go in the big door and get back to his station that way?  If it became necessary to bail out, what was the planned exit?

Scotty