Keith Burns Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Does anyone have any info on these? pictures, diagrams etc. I have searched the web but nothing came up. Where were the ammo boxes mounted? TIA -keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don f Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Does anyone have any info on these? pictures, diagrams etc. I have searched the web but nothing came up.Where were the ammo boxes mounted? TIA -keith Keith, Are you looking for an image of the turret with the dome removed? The ammunition containers were installed in the turret dome similar to the arrangement of the Bendix B-17 nose turret. Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grant in West Oz Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 (edited) I couldn't find any internal shots of the ventral turret. Ammo feeds would have been (from written description) supplied from fixed boxes via trays. G Edit: Credit D&S 60. Edited September 4, 2007 by Grant in West Oz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don f Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I couldn't find any internal shots of the ventral turret. Ammo feeds would have been (from written description) supplied from fixed boxes via trays. The ammunition containers were installed in the dome of the turret. I don't have the images of the turret without the dome and as installed in the fuselage scanned. If you want to do some research, three models of lower turrets installed were: Bendix Model J (AAF Type A-5), Bendix Model K (AAF Type A-10), Bendix Model B (AAF Type 10a), The following image is of the similar Bendix nose turret used in the B-17. You can see how the ammunition containers were installed within the dome. I'll scan the images when I get to s scanner. Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don f Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Does anyone have any info on these? pictures, diagrams etc. I have searched the web but nothing came up.Where were the ammo boxes mounted? TIA -keith Keith, Here the turret with the dome removed: Here's the installation inside the radio operator's compartment: This image is interesting not only for the detail of the lower turret installation. It also shows the full frame armor bulkhead with the door open. This bulkhead was aft of the upper turret installation. The armor bulkhead is missing from the AM B-25B/C/D/G kits. Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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