Ryan B. Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Early B-24Ds, prior to the later installation of a ball turret, had a swivel gun mounted in the ventral position. Does anyone have an illustration of the location and shape of this arrangement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Spoiler There are pictures floating about, I may have one on my computer on my desktop machine that does absolutely no good now since it will be a couple of weeks before I’m there again. If you look on the underside of a B-24, you will see an access hatch on the belly, near the tail. There was a .50 mg that could be swung down and the hatch swung open to provide some underside protective fire. https://www.google.com/search?q=B-24D rear underside guns&tbm=isch&hl=en-US&hl=en-US&tbs=rimg%3ACRJvF3RPeY_1zIqABd0yU41A8XhrusClduQq1HV-EyrEX7GmstFwVuVNibZPone44TM1v8j8qQ-zFIbeYNNnKF0ErOxA4-NfYrOTUKlo4b_1QvqLbeT2GhBV7eq1kavMqOy31b1wF122ABIDbTJw8xRDATXPVuD6ZtQX_1aNj6bem1rlip4Xqp4TslOB49ejg6q7jnHEG5JId6TEjLOqMgjjtKraMYEQeJUW8a6ayoSCXdMlONQPF4aEUjXdTZ1te-IKhIJ7rApXbkKtR0RSNd1NnW174gqEglfhMqxF-xprBGbVbFCfToJ5yoSCbRcFblTYm2TEUjXdTZ1te-IKhIJ6J3uOEzNb_1IRLjsTeMhap9sqEgk_1KkPsxSG3mBFI13U2dbXviCoSCTTZyhdBKzsQEUjXdTZ1te-IKhIJOPjX2Kzk1CoRGoUr2NrE53MqEglaOG_10L6i23hFI13U2dbXviCoSCU9hoQVe3qtZEWBDPbauFVKwKhIJGrzKjst9W9cRJD_12Pu-Oo6IqEgkBddtgASA20xFTXEfEwLXtNioSCScPMUQwE1z1EUjXdTZ1te-IKhIJbg-mbUF_12jYRtxEWAt6_1dOIqEgk-m3pta5YqeBFgoML90uUBbioSCV6qeE7JTgePEUjXdTZ1te-IKhIJXo4Oqu45xxARoacZwogfwykqEgluSSHekxIyzhEkP_1Y-746joioSCajII47Sq2jGEUjXdTZ1te-IKhIJBEHiVFvGumsR-MYCySWFAQo&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS829US830&ved=0CCoQuIIBahcKEwiYnfS38c7lAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDw&biw=1024&bih=648#imgrc=kPTNtwP4XUAC-M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmodai Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 You will get better results using the most common term for this installation - it was commonly referred to as a tunnel gun. https://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=b-24+tunnel+gun&tbm=isch&source=univ&client=safari&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi11IPlps_lAhWHxFkKHeELAJsQ7Al6BAgGECQ&biw=1437&bih=735 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie22 Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 As stated the tunnel gun was mounted in the rear fuselage access hatch. This drg may help. Magpie 22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan B. Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 Thanks, gentlemen. I guess I need to learn how to talk to my search engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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