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

[Rose & Herb Shanker]

The Engineer also used the nose hatch to enter and exit and I believe the 
Pilots did too but my memory of that is a bit shaky. Herb Shanker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill runnels" <billrunnels at yahoo.com>
To: "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum" <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] B-17 Enter and Exit


> The door to the left of the tail wheel.on the B-17, was the escape hatch 
> for the tail gunner.  However, he put his parachute and any other 
> equipment in the tail section through this door while the aircraft was 
> still on the ground. The tail gunner did have access to his position from 
> the main cabin. With the exception of the navigator and bombardier, the 
> crew generally entered the door to the right of the tail wheel.  The 
> navigator and bombardier entered the nose hatch.
>
> Gordon Walker <gskywalkers at citlink.net> wrote:  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
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