B 17 Bomber How To Survive A Bailout Youtube Enclosed is a detailed video outlining step by step the bailout process of a wwii b 17 bomber. Using the 8th air force data from 4,509 b 17 losses, about 37% of an average 9.74 man crew were kia when lost to fighters, 32.1% of an average 9.2 man crew were kia when lost to flak, however from the 170 8th af b 17 lost to fighters to end june 1943, 53% of the men on board were kia, and 41.7% of the men on board the 52 b 17s lost to flak in.
How B 17 Crews Survived Bailing Out World War Wings On january 11, 1944, 21 b 17 bombers ran into a huge problem on their route over greece. it wasn’t the enemy; it was the weather. the clouds swallowed up the formation. visibility was not much beyond the wingtips and it was impossible for the bombers to see each other. in an effort to create space, the trailing squadrons followed procedure. A door below the nose of the aircraft. the bomb bay doors. the waist door near the rear of the aircraft on the right side. an emergency exit door in the tail of the aircraft. if the crew were in their normal combat positions and needed to bail out, they would exit this way: navigator and bombardier from the door below the nose. Under normal conditions outside of combat zones, the master ignition switch battery switches and fuel shut off valve switches should be turned off. crash landing. a. signal. (1) stand by for crash landing; by interphone. (2) abandon: four short rings (approximately 1 2 second each). (3) pilot should: (a) cut engines. (b) turn master switch. Procedure of the entire crew in bailing out of the airplane must be almost automatic. each crew member must know (1) his duties, (2) through what hatch he is supposed to exit, and (3) how to bail out, open his parachute, and land. as airplane commander, your first responsibility is to be sure that your crew is thoroughly trained, by regular.
How To Bail Out Of A B 17 Flying Fortress Bail Out B17 Wwii Bomber Under normal conditions outside of combat zones, the master ignition switch battery switches and fuel shut off valve switches should be turned off. crash landing. a. signal. (1) stand by for crash landing; by interphone. (2) abandon: four short rings (approximately 1 2 second each). (3) pilot should: (a) cut engines. (b) turn master switch. Procedure of the entire crew in bailing out of the airplane must be almost automatic. each crew member must know (1) his duties, (2) through what hatch he is supposed to exit, and (3) how to bail out, open his parachute, and land. as airplane commander, your first responsibility is to be sure that your crew is thoroughly trained, by regular. B 17 shot down over belgium on september 3, 1943. photograph courtesy of warren carah and cousin k. ellis. 2nd lt. harold b. bailey, navigator, 379th bg. bailed out of b 17 august 16, 1943 near paris, france. photograph courtesy of warren carah and brother oscar plasket. t sgt. william b. plasket, jr., radio operator, 306th bg. At just the age of 20, walt haaser was in charge of a b 17 bomber crew of ten men. in april, 1945, he and his crew would make a desperate escape in their str.
Bail Out Procedures B 17 shot down over belgium on september 3, 1943. photograph courtesy of warren carah and cousin k. ellis. 2nd lt. harold b. bailey, navigator, 379th bg. bailed out of b 17 august 16, 1943 near paris, france. photograph courtesy of warren carah and brother oscar plasket. t sgt. william b. plasket, jr., radio operator, 306th bg. At just the age of 20, walt haaser was in charge of a b 17 bomber crew of ten men. in april, 1945, he and his crew would make a desperate escape in their str.
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