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jhor9
Airman
Thanks, Jules.
My first question was more out of curiosity of whether the bombardier actually used the cheek guns. They seemed from my ill-informed background to be of limited use based upon them being single guns, limited traverse and narrow field of fire (vs nose mounted gun/turret). Thus, if they were viewed as ineffective, did the crews have the leeway to remove them to save weight? Or is any gun considered indispensable and they kept them in.
Thanks for answering my questions.
Matt.
Any gun that was in the plane was useful. I once tried unsuccessfully to use the flare gun to shoot at an enemy fighter