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Aladar
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posted 09-03- 12:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aladar   Click Here to Email Aladar     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I need some mainley armament info, whether it had a norden bombsite, # of crew, where they were. Thanks in advance!

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Aladar
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posted 09-03- 12:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aladar   Click Here to Email Aladar     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nevermind.

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Diego Lozano
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posted 09-03- 12:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Diego Lozano   Click Here to Email Diego Lozano     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
B-17C had a crew of nine with
two .30 inch fwd firing mg in cheeck positions,
three .50 inch mg in dorsal positions,
two .50 inch mg in ventral bathtub position,
one .50 inch mg in each of the two waist bubbles and a bomb load of 10,496 lbs.
I cant find any info on the Norden bombsite.

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semmern
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posted 09-03- 03:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for semmern   Click Here to Email semmern     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The '17c didn't carry as much as 10000 lbs. More like 6 or 7000

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