Inside the tailgunners position on a B-17G

Here's a little short video of the inside of the tailgunner's position in a B-17g. This is 'Chuckie' the B-17 at the Vintage Flying Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Come see us!

[bobeunie]

great view of tail gunner position .nice watching it again. was my position in1944 with 15 air force. shot down over Sebia.. Thanks for the memories.

[chrisa]

I took care of a man was the pilot of a B-17 bomber he flew 35 missions and he passed away in March he was 99 he had his uniform bomber jacket all his medals Amazing Stories I'm so proud to have known this man I truly loved him very much great man thank you for all you did all you

[TheHoosierNerd]

That's what my Dad did. Awesome to see this!

[Thesupersmith]

Can you imagine what those guys must have been feeling in battle in those cramped quarters? I don't think I would have done so good

[warrenchambers]

My good Friend and mentor George Morrison was a Tail Gunner with the 303rd BG 358th Squadron. (VKA) on board Skywolf. He is sorely missed

[stevebutler]

My grandfather was a tail gunner in a B-17 who all the England over Europe on bombing missions. 8th Air Force he never talked about it my mom said he had some bad memories and kept to himself on it.

[shrimpshot]

Grandpa was a tail gunner on the Oh Happy Day in the 322nd. Never knew him much but i can remember he was always pretty fun

[Imnotyourdoormat]

Great Video, but just imagine for a minute, sitting back there when an FW-190 came in with guns blazing including his 20-mills, and all these boys had between them and those projectiles was some thick reynolds wrap....quite something to live with.

[bobeunie]

Thanks a lot for showing tail compartment. Good job.

[scottacton]

I rode in Aluminum Overcast, the metal frame was paper thin it seemed. I can’t imagine having how they survived machine gun and flak. I grew up in Springfield OH, one of my parents friends flew 25 missions, lived and signed up and flew 25 more. That generation was amazing!

[danelkington]

Had to be a small man with balls of courage to sit back there for hours on end. God Bless those guys!!

[johndough]

Wow! I forgot there are several versions of this plane. My pop had a couple boxes in his shop for years and after I finally opened one up I noticed it was a laminated chunk of glass. Six layers of glass glued together for the tail section of this plane. This one looks more modern. They must have upgraded continuously until after the war. God I love this plane. For so many reasons. By the way, it took over 11 magazines of 9mm rounds to go through that glass. Imagine a 109 and that cannon they used on these planes. Holy Crap. Anyways, that's cool you got to go in there. Right on man. 😁

[alexsacco]

Man your son is living my childhood dream just chilling in a b17 holding on to twin 50. Cals!

[dalemihocik]

I hope that kid grows up to understand how great that generation of American's truly were . Amazed to see the amount of wood that's inside of a B -17 as well as the low tech mechanical systems . All cutting edge though in WW II .

[matthewjohnson]

My grandfather was also a B17 Tailgunner. He flew 17 missions out of Italy during 1945.

[JoeNicks]

Had a cousin that was a tail gunner with the 8th Air Force. I never got to meet him as he went down with his plane in1944. Pilot said he called out for everyone to bail out, but never heard from my cousin.

[ghall]

a man worked with my dad was a tail gunner on a B 17 and the 163 komet rocket jet rammed the top of the tail and took of most of it, they made it back to England

[clanranald]

You can't get a proper idea without the guns and ammo boxes in place, add to that the flying gear that the gunner would wear and it would be even more cramped.

[Wheelabarraback]

No space and no armour . They must have died from horrific injuries. Brave men !

[edgaraquino]

Thanks for the view of the tail gunner's position... In a lead ship, he let the strike commander know how the drop went...also the TG let the SC know if the group was tight or straggling...