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This is new too me, never knew some B-17s were fitted with a remote turret.

https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2018/ ... al-turret/

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Swamp Ghost was equipped with the remote turret and is likely the only remote B-17E turret still in existence.
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bomberfan wrote:
Swamp Ghost was equipped with the remote turret and is likely the only remote B-17E turret still in existence.


Good to know, hopefully it's not too destroyed.

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Someone beat me to it...Swamp Ghost had one, but I thought I heard that it was among the parts left in a container in Lae??? Here's a picture of the turret. Looks like it was in pretty decent condition...restorable anyway!

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What about the "black cat pass" B-17E? Did it have the remote turret or has it been replaced by the time it was lost?
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FutureCorsairOwner wrote:
Someone beat me to it...Swamp Ghost had one, but I thought I heard that it was among the parts left in a container in Lae??? Here's a picture of the turret. Looks like it was in pretty decent condition...restorable anyway!

[url]https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2446/2006/dock/bendix-turret-sideview.html/[url]


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eze240 wrote:
What about the "black cat pass" B-17E? Did it have the remote turret or has it been replaced by the time it was lost?

Part of the second production batch of B-17Es. They all had factory installed ball turrets.
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