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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END" 384 BG. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END" 384 BG. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END": This B-17G was fitted with an experimental chin turret armed with 6 fixed .50 caliber machine guns. It crashed on return from a combat mission on 6 July 1944. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END" 384 BG. This B-17G was fitted with an experimental chin turret armed with 6 fixed .50 cal. machine guns, designed by Armaments Officer Mike Mazer. The firing of the guns was controlled by the Pilot. Aircraft 42-31435 successfully completed many operational sorties with the new nose gun installation but, while conclusively proving the mechanical practicability of the design, a temporary cessation of head-on attacks by enemy attacks prevented the proof of its effectiveness. The ship crashed returning from a bombing mission on July 6, 1944. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END" 384 BG. This B-17G was fitted with an experimental chin turret armed with 6 fixed .50 cal. machine guns. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END" 384 BG. This B-17G was fitted with an experimental chin turret armed with 6 fixed .50 cal. machine guns. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END" 384 BG. This B-17G was fitted with an experimental chin turret armed with 6 fixed .50 cal. machine guns. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END" 384 BG. This B-17G was fitted with an experimental chin turret armed with 6 fixed .50 cal. machine guns. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END" 384 BG. This B-17G was fitted with an experimental chin turret armed with 6 fixed .50 cal. machine guns. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END": Crashed at Manston, 6 July 1944. |
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| B-17G 42-31435 SU*S "WEST END": Crashed at Manston, 6 July 1944, with Maggart crew, roughly left to right: Engineer/Top Turret - Gregory, Charlie F Tail Gunner - Kobulik, Andrew (NMI), Jr (standing) Pilot - Maggart, Richard L Togglier - Hamilton, Cecil A Copilot - Seidlein, George H Flexible Gunner - Huff, George L Radio Operator - Johnson, John W Navigator - Galloway, Leonard (NMI) Ball Turret - Wittwer, Derall B |
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