Here we are at the front of the aircraft and what you see
below is the front gear. The lighter area around it is daylight from the
ground. Right above all this is where the pilot and co-pilot would sit
but getting there is not easy. The distance from the top of the picture
to the bottom is about 36" to 38" with no steps. I saw most people turn
around, put their hands on the ledge behind them and then jump up with
with the help of their arms. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a
picture of the pilots area because there were to many people. On the
other hand, I was able to check out the front which had a navigator,
nose gunner and bombardier station. To get there you have to crawl
through that small area to the right next to all those hydraulic lines.
Again if you're a big guy you probably wouldn't make it.
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Here we are at the very front of the aircraft and this is the nose
turret location. I'm looking through the gun sight in this shot with
twin fifties on both sides of me.
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Looking a little farther down you can see one of two
Browning .50 caliber machine guns.
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This is part of the bombardiers gun sight. Once they are near their
intended target, the bombardier has control and fly's the aircraft. Once
the load is dropped he hands it back over to the pilot.
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This panel is for the bombardier which has a lot going
on. If you want to read it you can click on it for a larger picture
which is very cool.
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Ammo for the man in the front which has 600 rounds of
.50 caliber hot lead.
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