Posted by Bombers on November 30, 2011 at 21:45:44 from (68.149.56.30):
In Reply to: O.T. Old War Bird posted by JerryS on November 30, 2011 at 20:04:06:
I would imagine the crew had electrically heated suits that plugged into the planes electrical system the same as other bombers. My dad was the only survivor of a Halifax 4 engine bomber and he was the tail gunner. The entire length of the fuselage was ammunition for the tail turret. 4 x 1200 rounds a minute. It made it a chore to get to the tail turret. The tail gunners main purpose however was to warn of other aircraft. My dads crew had a rule not to allow any other planes to fly directly behind them. He remembered coming back from a bombing run and looking up only to see a huge hole in the turret above him. On his fifth mission he was blown out of the plane with the bombs still on board. He suffered a broken back from a piece of the turret ring. He was a couple month's shy of his 21st birthday.
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