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Is there a name for the unusual 747-like cockpit-and-aft structure atop a B-17's fuselage? I vaguely remember hearing it called "the doghouse," but I could well be wrong.

That`s the "Turtle deck". Honestly no idea if it is one word or two.

Generally, an area aft of the cockpit is called a turtledeck.
I've never come across a nickname for it unique to B-17 and used by crews and maintainers.

I would be interested to know if there was one.

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dog house is the belly scoop on a Mustang

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Would it be the flight deck of which the cockpit is part of? Seem to recall that on Hercs. Been a few years so I could be all wet.

Well, it is generally applied to any aircraft structure that looks like a "Dog House", such as the rear upper cockpit section on a Hurricane, that is also known as the "Dog House"

Had some CG helos with a doghouse. That was usually the aft MGB or eng cowling depending on airframe.

I worked on a 17 for 10 years and never heard it called anything but the fuselage.

That's on every dog's Christmas list.

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All B-17 tech manuals refer to it as the cockpit enclosure.

Chowhound...

Phil

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Also heard it referred to as the "kennel" on the Hurricane. On the Hurricane the cockpit area is an almost all wood structure.

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Having shared a hangar with a Hurricane I can tell you the belly scoop is metal.

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Aft compartment on the A26 is the "dog house"

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