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From: gatech!p0.f7.n391.z1.fidonet.org!Scott.Johnson@gatech.edu (Scott Johnson)
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Subject: B-24
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From: gatech!p0.f7.n391.z1.fidonet.org!Scott.Johnson@gatech.edu (Scott Johnson)

 SH> The B-24's bomb bay doors were kind of cute: instead of a 
 SH> couple of doors that swung outward, they were implemented as a 
 SH> pair of rolling blinds, somewhat like a rolltop desk.
     
        Don't forget the belly turret. The -24's belly was so low to the
 ground that models with ball turrets in the belly (as far as I know
 they were identical to the Sperrys mounted in the -17's) had them
 retract! This would make for interesting situations if the electrical
 system went out with the turret down, and the -24 had to belly land.
 Any stories out there?