B-29 Crew Positions

Source
Ref:
Tail Gunner
Compartment

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Ref:
B-29 Pressurized Compartments

34 inch
Diameter

Matted
Insulation
Tail Gunner
35 foot Long Crew
Communications Tunnel
Pressurized
Compartment
Pressurized fuselage sections

Pressure Ducts

35 foot Crew Tunnel

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Source
Ref:
 Pressure
Zone

500 rounds

Source
Ref:
 Ballistic
Glass

Spent Cartridge and

Link Dump Chute
Tail Position Light
B-29
Ballistic
Glass
 Escape Hatch

t = .0 Ballistic
64
Glass

t = .072
20mm
cannon
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Ref:
 Source
Crew entry Ref:
Door
 Source
Crew entry Ref:
Door
Tail
Gunner’s
pressure
bulkhead
Door

Source
Ref:
Tail Gunner’s
pressure
bulkhead Door
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Ref:
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Ref:
 1144 Armored
Bulkhead

Source
Ref:
Crawl through
Source
Ref:
Seat Belt
Coms
Jackbox
Walk Around
Bottle
Oxygen
regulator
Heated Clothes
Rheostat
Ash Tray
Non-Pressurized
AMMO AMMO
Box Box
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AM
Tail
Skid
Hump
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Lower Aft
Turret
B-29 Tail Gunners Control Box
 B-29 Tail Gunners Control Box

• Warm up the computers

• Gun Charger air compressors
• Firing circuits for guns
• Gun safety
• Main power Switch switch

• Computer and
• Turret Azimuth power Gyroscopes
• Turret Camera
power
power
• Turret Elevation power
Walk Around
Bottle
Ash Tray
Coms
Jackbox
Oxygen
regulator
Seat Belt
Heated Clothes
Rheostat
Crash or ditching Tail Gunner position
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Combat
effectiveness
Ref: April, 1945 Declassified Report
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