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[[8 views of the B-17G aircraft]]
[[images: 3/4 front starboard (right} side; 3/4 front port (left) side;  front view; 3/4 rear starboard side; 3/4 rear port side; Chin turret (caption: Chin turret is remote-controlled by the bombardier, has two .50-cal. guns.); bomb bay (caption: Cross-section of bomb bay shows 300-pound bombs in racks, bomb doors open.  Walkway is center "V."; tail turret (caption: New tail turret has better visibility, greater horizontal and vertical range.)]]

INTERESTING FEATURES OF THE B-17G
The famed Flying Fortress has had eight major alterations made in its design since it first flu in 1935.  The eight model, shown on both sides of the shade style is in large-scale production by Lockheed and Douglas; Boeing discontinued B-17 production sometime ago in favor of the B 29, the FLYING drawing on the reverse side, and the photographs and sketches on this page, deal with Lockeed-built fortress.  The actual airplane what is a B 17 G Dash 75 – VEThe actual airplane what is a B-17G-75-VE. The number 75 indicates the 75th minor modification of the "G"; the letters VE originally stood for Vega, the recently-absorbed subsidiary of Lockheed. Two new armament features on the "G-75-VE" are the redesigned tail turret sketched and right, and a fixed socket mount for the dorsal gun (see the drawing on the reverse side).

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Consolidated

[[image: detailed, numbered, cutaway, three dimensional drawing of the tail section of an aircraft]]

Consolidated B-24J Liberator
1 Rudder trim tab
2 Fabric-covered rudder
3 Rudder hinges (metal leading edge)
4 Starboard tailfin
5 Leading-edge de-icing boot
6 Starboard rudder horn
7 Rudder push-pull tube
8 Rear navigation light
9 Tailplane stringers
10 Consolidated (or Motor Products) two-gun electrically operated tail turret (-.5 in)
[[gun barrels highlighted in red]]
11 Elevator torque tube
12  Elevator trim tab
13 Elevator frame (fabric covered)
14 Rudder trim tab
15 Tab control linkage
16 Rudder post
17 Light-alloy rudder frame
18 HF aerial
19 Tailfin construction
20 Metal-covered fixed surfaces
21 Tailplane front spar
22 Port elevator push-pull tube
23 Elevator drive quadrant
24 Elevator servo unit
25 Rudder servo unit
26 Ammunition feed track (tail turret)
27 Fuselage aft main frame
28 Walkway
29 Signal cartridges
30 Longitudinal Z-section stringers
31 Control cables
32 Fuselage intermediate secondary frames
33 Ammunition box
34 Aft-fuselage camera installation
35 Lower windows
36 Waist gun support mounting
37 Starboard manually operated waist gun (0.5 in) [[gun barrel highlighted in red]]
38 Waist position (open)
39 Wind deflector plate
40 Waist position hinged cover
41 Port manually operated waist gun (0.5 in) [[gun barrel highlighted in red]]
42 Dorsal aerial
43 Ball-turret stanchion support beam
44 Ammunition box
45 Ball-turret stanchion
46 Midships window
47 Turret well
48 Cabin floor
49 Tail bumper operating jack
50 Tail-bumper fairing
51 Briggs-Sperry two-gun electrically operated ball turret (0.5 in)
52 Turret actuation mechanism
53 Bomb-door actuation sprocket (hydraulically operated
54 Bomb-bay corrugated) inner skin
55 Bomb-bay catwalk (box keel)
56Bomb-bay catwalk vertical channel support members (bomb-release solenoids)
57 Bomb-door actuation track and rollers
58 Wing rear spar
59 Bomb-bay access tunnel
60 Fuselage main frame bulkhead
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[[items 77-85 are partially cut off, see page 56 for text of all items]]

Transcription Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator#Specifications_(B-24J)