Crew # 555

Crew # 555
Crew # 555 - planes flown: DAMIFINO , DIXIE, LET ER RIP, TIMES A WASTIN

1st. LT. J. William Smith

1st. LT. J. William Smith

Sunday, December 13, 2009

"TIMES A'WASTIN & B-24 Interior Photos

"Times A'Wastin" was another aircraft flown by crew #555 ........
Dad flew on "Damifino"....."Dixie"............Times a'wastin............and a couple other aircraft whose names have been forgotten over time..................


Early B-24 Cockpit view.....
I pulled these photos from various sites on the Web............
View from Bombardiers Position on early B-24 ......no nose turret on this early model......
Dad trained on these type earlier model B-24's in the Southern United States before heading to England.
Navigators View from flight position......


Earlier Model B-24 before the electric powered nose turrets were in use......
Quite a view from the nose position I bet.............
Nose gunner / Bombardier position
Later B-24 Model with electric powered nose turret. This is also a 466th. Bomb Group Aircraft


Tail Gunners View...........

Top mechanism of Ball Turret ....Waist Gun Positions............

Waist Gun Positions facing towards Tail Gun Turret Position............

Bomb Bay catwalk, facing cockpit.................

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