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Subject: Re: Nose Jobs - B 17 F six-gun chin turret.jpg (1/1)
From: john Szalay <john.szalayatatt.net>
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Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net> wrote in
news:XnsA7644BBC0D276noemailattnet@216.166.97.131:
> DAN <dan@no.spam.thanks> wrote in
> news:fjh3gc5smjrobtb3u84rih6i9jdb36cr6i@4ax.com:
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>> Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>
>>>Golly.
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>> Yes, I was imagining this monster making a straffing pass at a hapless
>> truck convoy...
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> Looks like it would run out of ammo in a hurry.
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rare occasions for straffing pass by large bombers. (attack bombers such
as B-25 & B-26 or A-20s excluded)
head-on attacks by enemy fighters tended to be extremly fast with
high closing rates at a very vulnerable part of the large bombers.
thats the reason for the chin turrets. but firing time would be short
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