B-17 part 2

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305th Bomb Group 364th BS B-17F fire at Chelveston England August 1943

305th Bomb Group 364th BS B-17F Flying Fortress fire at Chelveston England August 1943

305th Bomb Group B-17F Fire at Chelveston England August 1943

305th Bomb Group B-17F Fire at Chelveston England August 1943 right wing

305th Bomb Group B-17F Fire at Chelveston England August 1943 airfield

305th Bomb Group B-17F Flying Fortress fire at Chelveston England August 1943 airfield

305th Bomb Group B-17F Fire at Chelveston England August 1943 42-29508

305th Bomb Group Boeing B-17F-55-BO Fortress Fire at Chelveston England August 1943 42-29508

306th Bomb Group Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress crew returns from Frankfurt 1944

384th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress bombers formation

384th Bomb Group B-17G bombers flying over coast

385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron crews and B-17G "Sky Chief" 1944

385th Bomb Group B-17F Flying Fortress bomber in flight 1943

B-17 0695 used in training

B-17 Flying Fortress Miss Donna Mae II downed by friendly bombs

B-17 42-31540 Flying Fortress Miss Donna Mae II of 94th BG, 331st BS downed by friendly bombs

B-17 5th Air Force in Australia 1942 43

B-17 Bomber crew

B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber Going Down 490th Bomb Group Monheim Germany

B-17 Bomber Going Down 490th Bomb Group Monheim Germany

B-17 Bombers of 384th Bomb Group

B-17 Bombers on Airfield RIDGEWELL England 1944 381st Bomb Group

B-17 crew England ETO

B-17 Crew Nose Art "Honeysuckle Rose"

B-17 Flying Fortres of the 447th BG 41-9086

B-17 Flying Fortres 447th Bomb Group 41-9086

B-17 Flying Fortress 403

B-17 Flying Fortress and P-51Mustang B3+W in flight during World War II

B-17 Flying Fortress and P-51Mustang code B3+W of the 363rd Fighter Group, 381st Fighter Squadron

B-17 Flying Fortress bomber

B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and cameraman

B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers 384th Bomb Group

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers above the clouds over Germany 28 July 1944

B-17 bombers flying over countryside 384 BG

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers flying over countryside 384 Bomb Group

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers formation 384th Bomb Group

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers formation 384th Bomb Group 2

B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers of 384th Bomb Group

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of 384th Bomb Group 2

B-17 bombers over Erkner Germany 6 March 1944

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers over Erkner Germany 6 March 1944

B-17 bombers squadron over Freckenhorst Germany 23 March 1944

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers squadron over Freckenhorst Germany 23 March 1944

B-17 Flying Fortress Dropping Bombs In Heavy Cloud Cover 384th BG

B-17 Flying Fortress formation over countryside 384th Bomb Group

B-17 Flying Fortress Group Dropping Bomb On Germany

B-17 Flying Fortress Group Heading To Target

B-17 Flying Fortress Jack the Ripper

B-17 Flying Fortress landing gear

B-17 Flying Fortress New Guinea

B-17 Flying Fortress nose art stork carrying bomb

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of the 384th Bomb Group 406 squadron NLS

B-17 Flying Fortress of 384th Bomb Group 406 squadron NLS

B-17 of the 490th Bomb Group Over Bielefeld Germany

B-17 Flying Fortress of 490th Bomb Group Over Bielefeld Germany

B-17 Flying Fortress of the 486th Bomb Group

B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th BG 331st BS Gang Hole Gertie

B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group 331st BS Gang Hole Gertie

B-17 Bomber releasing bombs over Berlin 384th BG 22 March 1944

B-17 Flying Fortress releasing bombs over Berlin 384th BG 22 March 1944

B-17 Flying Fortress tail

B-17 Flying Fortress used in training

B-17 of the 490th BG and Flak over Target

B-17C Flying Fortress destroyed at Pearl Harbor 1941

B-17D and B-17E in flight 1942

Boeing B-17D of the 19th Bomb Group being loaded with 100 and 500lb bombs. Pacific 1942

B-17D Flying Fortress of the 19th Bomb Group being loaded with 100 and 500lb bombs 1942

B-17E Flying Fortress american heavy bomber

B-17E Flying Fortress in Australia, May 1942

B-17E of the 97th BG, 342nd Bomb Squadron – crew prepares for mission August 1942

B-17E Flying Fortress of the 97th BG, 342nd Bomb Squadron - crew prepares for mission August 1942

Boeing B-17F serial 41-24457 named „The Aztec’s Curse” of the 31st BS, 5th BG leaving the target after a strike against Japanese shipping off Gizo Island, Solomon Islands

B-17F 41-24457 "The Aztec's Curse" of the 31st Bombardment Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, leaving the target after a strike against Japanese shipping off Gizo Island, Solomon Islands - PTO 1942

B-17F Flying Fortress bombers – Boeing Factory Seattle 1942

B-17F bombers - Boeing Factory Seattle 1942

B-17F bombers 8AF 1943

B-17F bombers formation in flight 384 Bomb Group 4

B-17F bombers in flight 384 Bomb Group

B-17F bombers in flight 384th Bomb Group

B-17F Flying Fortres "Slo Jo" Nose Art of the 385th Bomb Group, 550th Bomb Squadron 1943

B-17F 42-5913 Shack Bunny of the 385th Bomb Group, 551st Bomb Squadron 1943

B-17F Flying Fortress "Shack Bunny" of the 385th Bomb Group, 551st Bomb Squadron

B-17F Flying Fortress 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 42-5838, MAD MONEY II crew

B-17F Flying Fortress Bomber LITTLE BILL North Africa

B-17F Flying Fortress Bomber "LITTLE BILL" of the 97th Bombardment Group, 414th Bom Squadron Africa

B-17 Flying Fortress in flight 384th Bomb Group

B-17F Flying Fortress in flight 384th Bomb Group

A formation of B-17s in flight, 384th Bomb Group 2

B-17F Flying Fortress in flight 384th Bomb Group

B-17F Flying Fortress nose art

B-17F Flying Fortress on airfield

B-17F Flying Fortress Pacific

B-17F Flying Fortress PTO

B-17F in flight 384th Bomb Group

B-17F landing 384th Bomb Group

B-17F 42-3555 of 8th Air Force, 388th Bomb Group Nose Art „Tiger Girl”

B-17F-75-DL Flying Fortress 42-3555 of 8th Air Force 388th Bomb Group 560th BS. Nose Art "Tiger Girl" Shark mouth.

B-17F's of the 26th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, enroute to raid on Buka airfield and Shortland Harbor on Bougainville

B-17G 84th Bomb Group Over ORANIENBURG Germany

B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber of 384th Bomb Group

B-17G Bomber of 384th Bomb Group

B-17G Bombers Dropping Bombs Thru Flak Bursts 384th Bomb Group

B-17G Flying Fortress bombers of the 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron in flight

B-17G bombers of the 452nd Bomb Group in flight

B-17G Flying Fortress "Alfred"

B-17G Flying Fortress "Flak Dodger" 457th BG 750th BS 42-97075

B-17 Flying Fortress The PRO KID of the 384th Bomb Group 545h Bomb Squadron

B-17G Flying Fortress "The PRO KID" of the 384th Bomb Group 545h Bomb Squadron

B-17G Flying Fortress #2783 and crew

B-17G Flying Fortress 2nd Bomb Group Italy

B-17 Flying Fortress 379th Bomb Group 8AF

B-17G Flying Fortress 379th Bomb Group 8AF

B-17G 43-37555 of the 390th Bomb Group, 570th BS Nose Art „The Jeannie Bee”

B-17G Flying Fortress 43-37555 from 390th Bomb Group Nose Art "The Jeannie Bee"

B-17G of the 457th Bomb Group at airfield

B-17G Flying Fortress at airfield, 457th Bomb Group

B-17G Flying Fortress bomber "LADY" crew

B-17G Flying Fortress bomber "TRAIL BLAZER" crew

B-17 Flying Fortress of 384th Bomb Group 3

B-17G Flying Fortress bomber of 384th Bomb Group

B-17G Flying Fortress Bombers of 384th Bomb Group

B-17G Flying Fortress bombers 384th Bomb Group

B-17G Flying Fortress bombers of the 384th Bomb Group, code BK+J (42-107121, 546 squadron) and SU-A (544 squadron).

B-17G Flying Fortress carrying flying bombs

B-17G Flying Fortress carrying Loon flying bombs 43-39119

B-17G Flying Fortress of 384th Bomb Group

B-17G Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb

B-17G Flying Fortress 42-98017 from 490th Bomb Group dropping bombs on target

B-17G Flying Fortress of the 490th bomb group, 850th Bomb Squadron, 42-98017, dropping bombs on target

B-17G Flying Fortress 490 Bomb Group Carolina Moon nose art

B-17G Flying Fortress of the 490th Bomb Group, 851st bomb Squadron. "Carolina Moon" nose art

B-17G of 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron heavy flak damage

Boeing B-17G 42-107073 from 452nd Bomb Group

B-17G serial 42-107073 "Silver Shed House" from 452nd Bomb Group, 5 September 1944

B-17G 44-8007 384 Bomb Group 545 bomb squadron SCREAMING EAGLE

B-17G-45-VE Flying Fortress 44-8007, code JD-Z of the 384th Bomb Group 545th bomb squadron "SCREAMING EAGLE"

B-17G-5-VE Flying Fortres of the 551st BS 385th Bomb Group, 1944 42-39951

B-17G-50-DL 44-6379 of the 2nd Bomb Group, 96th BS 1944

B-17G-55-DL Flying Fortress 44-6591 "Incendiary Blonde" of the 91st BG, 322nd BS

B-17G 42-102954 457th Bombardment Group, 748th BS

B-17G-60-BO 42-102954 of the 457th Bombardment Group, 748 BS , Glatton 1944

Battle Damaged B-17 Flying Fortress of 100th Bomb Group

Battle damaged B-17G 42-39867 "Hang the Expense III aka Boeing Belle" of 100th BG. 24 January 1944

Battle damaged Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress from 379th Bomb Group

Battle damaged B-17G from 379th Bomb Group, June 1944

B-17 Flying Fortress of the 385th Bomb Group damaged after Schweinfurt Raid 1943

Boeing B-17 385th Bomb Group damaged after Schweinfurt Raid 1943

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress at airfield

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight

B-17 Flying Fortress of the 91st Bomb Group Belgium

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the 91st BG 324 Bomb Squadron, code DF+P Belgium

B-17 Flying Fortress – waist gunners at their stations

Boeing B-17 waist gunners at their stations

Boeing B-17B

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Bomber "CAROL JANE" nose art

Boeing B-17F flying over Tunisia

B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24440 I Got Spurs 3rd BG 15th BS

Boeing B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress 41-24440 "I Got Spurs" 3rd Bomb Group 15th BS

B-17F Flying Fortress 42-30631 with chin turret

Boeing B-17F-115-BO Flying Fortress 42-30631 with chin turret

B-17F Bomber 41-24529 Crashed in Field 384th Bomb Group

Boeing B-17F-20-BO Flying Fortress 41-24529 Crashed in Field, 384th Bomb Group 546th BS. October 1943

B-17F 303rd Bomb Group Knock Out Dropper Molesworth England 1943

Boeing B-17F-27-BO Flying Fortress 41-24605 303rd Bomb Group 359th BS "Knock Out Dropper" Molesworth England 1943

B-17F from 100th Bomb Group Bloody Hundredth

Boeing B-17F-30-VE of the 100th Bomb Group "Bloody Hundredth", 350 BS "Alice from Dallas" 42-5867 Warnemunde raid 29 July 1943

Boeing B-17F-50-BO Flying Fortress Bomber 42-5368

B-17F Flying Fortress Bomber of 384th Bomb Group 42-29728

Boeing B-17F-65-BO Flying Fortress 42-29728 "El Rauncho" of the 384th Bomb Group 544th BS. 17 August 1943 after Schweinfurt raid.

B-17F Flying Fortress 384th Bomb Group WINSOME WINN II

Boeing B-17F-70-BO Flying Fortress 42-29768 of the 384th Bomb Group 547th BS, "WINSOME WINN II" England 1943

B-17F Flying Fortress 524th Bomb Squadron, 379ht Bomb Group 42-29772 1944

Boeing B-17F-80-BO Flying Fortress, of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379ht Bomb Group 42-29772 1944

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "EVE"

B-17 Bomber 401 BG 615 BS Little Boots 42-31193

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 401 Bomb Group 615 BS "Little Boots" 42-31193 IY+B

B-17 Flying Fortress bomber TRAIL BLAZER crew

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress bomber TRAIL BLAZER crew

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of 384th Bomb Group with itsbomb doors open

B-17G of the 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron, code BN+D. It's carries group triangle C tail markings on the tail.

B-17G of the 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron 42-97597

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron, 42-97597 April 1944

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress on Mission 384th Bomb Group

B-17G Flying Fortress 384th BG, 545th BS 42-31048 in flight

Boeing B-17G-1-BO Flying Fortress 384th Bomb Group, 545th BS 42-31048 in flight

B-17G 390th Bomb Group Nose Art and Crew Photo Starks Ark

Boeing B-17G-15-DL Fortress 42-37806 "Starks Ark" of the 390th Bomb Group 571st BS Nose Art and Crew Photo

Boeing B-17G-20-BO Flying Fortress 42-31614 of the 381st BG, 533rd BS, nose art "Minnie the Mermaid"

B-17G Bomber Nine ‚O Nine 91st Bomb Group

Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress Bomber 42-31909 "Nine 'O Nine" of the 91st Bomb Group 329th BS

Boeing B-17G-30-BO Fortress Damaged 42-31826 Italy

B-17G Flying Fortress Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby 91st Bomb Group

Boeing B-17G-35-BO Flying Fortress 42-32076 "Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby" of the 91st Bomb Group 401st BS

B-17G bomber 384th BG 546th BS 42-107083

Boeing B-17G-35-DL 42-107083 BK-B of the 384th Bomb Group, 546th BS 1944

Boeing B-17G-40-BO Flying Fortress 42-97061 "General Ike" of the 91st BG, 401st BS

B-17G LITTLE KENNY Dropping Bombs 384 BG

Boeing B-17G-50-BO "LITTLE KENNY" SO+O 42-102459, Dropping Bombs 384 Bomb Group 547 Bomb Squadron

B-17G Flying Fortress 384th BG „PARKERSS MADHOUSE”

Boeing B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress 384th Bomb Group 547th BS "PARKERSS MADHOUSE" 43-37990 SO+G

Boeing B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress 43-37844 of 91th BG. Nose Art "Yankee Gal", Crew And Jeep

B 17 Flying Fortress 43-38072 of the 490th BG

Boeing B-17G-75-BO 43-38072 of the 490th BG, 850th Bomb Squadron

B-17G Flying Fortress Huckleberry Duck Dropping Bombs On Target

Boeing B-17G-80-BO Flying Fortress "Huckleberry Duck" of the 490th BG Dropping Bombs On Target

B-17 Flying Fortress of the 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron Crashed near Amersfoort

Boeing Flying Fortress 42-102554, of the 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron, code BX+K, crashed near Amersfoort 1944

Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress - SAR variant

Capt Jay Zeamer MOH crew 43rd BG by B-17E Flying Fortress

captured B-17F Flying Fortress

Cockpit of B-17 Flying Fortress PTO

Crash Landed 384th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress in Field

B-17G Flying Fortress 42-107091 of the 452nd Bomb Group, 728th Bomb Squadron

Crash landed Boeing B-17G 42-107091 "Forbidden Fruit" of the 452nd Bomb Group, 728th BS - Deopham Green, May 1944

Crashed B-17G 384 Bomb Group

Crashed Boeing Y1B-17 Bomber

Crew and B-17G Bomber

Crew and B-17G Flying Fortress

Crew and B-17G Flying Fortress bomber

Crew and B-17G Flying Fortress bomber 42-102661 "BIG DOG" of the 384th Bomb Group 544th Squadron

Crew and Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber

Crew loading 500 lb bombs on B-17E Flying Fortress in Australia 1942

Crew of 92nd Bomb Group loading bombs on B-17F 41-9148 "Boomerang"

Crew posed in front of their B-17G Bomber

Crew posed in front of their B-17 Bomber

Crew stands with B-17E Flying Fortress „Tokyo Special” 1942

Crew stands with B-17E "Tokyo Special" 1942

Crew with Boeing B-17E Chief Seattle 41-2656 of the 435th Bombardment Squadron at 7 Mile Drome near Port Moresby, 1942

Crew with B-17E Flying Fortress "Chief Seattle" 41-2656 of the 19th Bombardment Group, 435th Bombardment Squadron at 7 Mile Drome near Port Moresby

Damaged B-17 Flying Fortress 8AF

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress serial 43-37853 „Leading Lady” of the 452nd Bomb Group, December 1944

Damaged B-17G 43-37853 "Leading Lady" of the 452nd Bomb Group, 729th BS. 31 December 1944

Damaged during mission to Oschersleben Boeing B-17G 42-31178 „Buckeye Boomerang” of the 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st BG, Bassingbourn 1944

Damaged during mission to Oschersleben B-17G Flying Fortress 42-31178 "Buckeye Boomerang" of the 401st BS, 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn 1944

Decorated 384th Bomb Group B-17 crew 1943

Flak damaged B-17G Flying Fortress 44-8811 of the 398th Bomb Group, 600th BS 1945

Flak damaged Boeing B-17G 44-8811 of the 398th BG, 600th Bomb Squadron, April 1945

Boeing B-17E 41-9122 of the 11th Bomb Group, 42nd BS on Guadalcanal 1942

Flying Fortress 41-9122 "Eager Beavers" of the 11th Bomb Group, 42nd BS on Guadalcanal 1942

B-17s in flight 384 BG 42-107121 43-38062

Fortresses in flight: 384 Bomb Group 546 BS BK+J 42-107121 "Kentucky Colonel"; 544 BS SU+A 43-38062 "Pleasure Bent"

German B-17F "Wulfe Hound" DL+XC 41-24585

ground crew loading 12,7 mm ammo in ball turret of Boeing B-17 England 1942

Ground crew loading bombs on B-17E in Australia

Maintenance crew working on B-17F Flying Fortress serial 41-24353 „Cap’n & The Kids” of the 63rd Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, Australia 1943

Maintenance crew working on Boeing B-17F 41-24353 "Cap'n & The Kids" of the 63rd Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, Australia 1943

Mechanic servicing engine on B-17 Bomber

Mechanic servicing top turret on B-17 bomber

Mechanics changing tail wheel on B-17 Bomber 385th Bomb Group

Natives help B-17 Flying Fortress crew forced down after Rabaul Raid, New Guinea

Natives help B-17 crew forced down after Rabaul Raid

Officer Gives Speech by B-17G of the 381st Bomb Group

Pilot chalks message on bomb as crewmen load B-17

Radio Or Navigator In B-17 Flying Fortress Pacific

SAR Boeing SB-17G

US aircrew posed in front of their B-17F bomber

US and Australian crew refuelling B-17E Flying Fortress in Australia 1942

US and Australian crew refuelling Boeing B-17E in Australia 1942

USAAF crew posed in front of their B-17G Bomber

Waist gunner mans .50 caliber M2 Browning machine gun on Boeing B-17C

Waist gunner mans .50 caliber (12,7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun on B-17C Flying Fortress

Waist gunner mans .50 caliber (12,7 mm) machine gun aboard B-17 Flying Fortress

Waist gunner mans M2 Browning machine gun aboard Boeing B-17

Waist gunner readying his M2 Browning machine gun aboard Boeing B-17

Waist gunner readying his .50 caliber (12,7 mm) machine gun aboard B-17 Flying Fortress

Waist gunners demonstrate flak jackets on B-17 Flying Fortress

Waist gunners demonstrate flak jackets on Boeing B-17

Wreck of 381st Bomb Group B-17G Flying Fortress England March 1944

Y1B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber Prototype 1937

Boeing Y1B-17A Flying Fortress – teardrop waist gun mount

Y1B-17A teardrop waist 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun mount

One of the most famous bombers of all time, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Powerplant: four Wright Cyclone R-1820 turbosupercharged radial engines. Total production: 12731 aircrafts.

Design and Structure (B-17G)

Type: Four-engined bomber.
Wings:
- Configuration: All-metal mid-wing cantilever monoplane.
- Wing Section: Varies from NACA 0018 at root to NACA 0010 at tip.
- Aspect Ratio: 7.58:1.
- Taper Ratio: 2.4:1.
- Incidence: 3½°.
- Dihedral: 4¼°.
- Sweepback: 8½° on the leading-edge.
- Structure: Consists of two inner sections (with engine nacelles), two outer sections, and two detachable tips. Constructed chiefly of aluminium-alloy, with two spars, ribs, and stressed-skin covering. Electrically-operated split trailing-edge flaps on inner wing sections and ailerons on outer sections, both covered with fabric. Ailerons are fitted with control trimming-tabs.
Fuselage:
- Construction: Semi-monocoque structure with bulkheads, circumferential stiffeners, longerons, and longitudinal stiffeners, covered with smooth metal stressed skin.
Tail Unit:
- Type: Cantilever monoplane.
- Materials: Aluminium-alloy framework with smooth metal-covered fixed surfaces and fabric-covered movable surfaces. Equipped with control and trimming-tabs.
Landing Gear:
- Type: Retractable with air-oil shock-absorber units and hydraulic wheel-brakes. Includes electrical retraction and a retractable tailwheel.

Power Plant

Engines: Four 1,200 h.p. Wright R-1820-97 nine-cylinder radial air-cooled engines.
Turbo-Superchargers: General Electric Type B-22, located on the undersides of the engine nacelles.
Propellers: Hamilton-Standard three-bladed constant-speed full-feathering airscrews, 11 ft. 7 in. (3.54 m) in diameter.
Fuel and Oil:
- Fuel Capacity: Normal capacity of 1,700 U.S. gallons (1,510 Imp. gallons) in six tanks in the inner wing sections, with nine auxiliary feeder tanks in the outer wings. Maximum capacity with all tanks is 2,780 U.S. gallons (2,316 Imp. gallons).
- Oil Capacity: 148 U.S. gallons (124 Imp. gallons) per engine.

Accommodation

Crew: Typically six to ten.
- Positions: Bomb-aimer in the extreme nose, pilots seated side-by-side with dual controls, an upper two-gun turret behind the pilots, radio-operator amidships, and gun positions aft of the wings and in the tail.
- Special Features: Includes automatic pilot, two-way radio, radio "homing" equipment, oxygen equipment, de-icers, and two collapsible dinghies.

Armament

Guns:
- Total of thirteen .50 cal. machine-guns, positioned as follows:
  - Two in a "chin" turret beneath the bomb-aimer's nose.
  - Two in "cheek" mountings on either side of the nose.
  - Two in an upper turret aft of the pilot's cockpit.
  - One manually-operated gun above the radio-operator’s compartment.
  - Two in a Sperry "ball" turret below the fuselage.
  - Two on side ports midway between wings and tail.
  - Two in the extreme tail.
Bomb Capacity: Internal bomb stowage in fuselage between main spar frames, with a normal capacity of 6,000 lbs. (2,724 kg.). Can accommodate up to 2,000 lb. (908 kg.) bombs internally. External racks are no longer fitted.

Dimensions

Span: 103 ft. 9 in. (31.6 m)
Length: 74 ft. 9 in. (22.8 m)
Height: 19 ft. 1 in. (5.8 m)
Wing Area: 1,420 sq. ft. (132 sq. m)

Weights and Performance

Weight:
- Empty: 32,720 lbs. (14,855 kg)
- Normal Loaded: 49,500 lbs. (22,475 kg)
- Maximum Overloaded: 60,000 lbs. (27,240 kg)
Performance:
- Maximum Speed: 295 mph (472 km/h) at 25,000 ft. (7,625 m)
- Climb Rate: 41 minutes to 25,000 ft. (7,625 m)
- Service Ceiling: 35,000 ft. (10,670 m)
- Range: Normal range with maximum bomb load and normal fuel is 1,100 miles (1,760 km) at 220 mph (352 km/h) at 25,000 ft. (7,625 m).