B-17 Bomber's Upper Turret Station Review

Enclosed is a detailed video describing how the WWII B-17 Bomber’s Upper Turret Station and Integrated Gun Sight. Topics include: 1. Roles and responsibilities of the upper turret gunner and flight engineer 2. B-17 bomber upper turret factoids 3. B-17 bomber upper turret ammo capacity 4. B-17 bomber upper Turret Sperry Automatic Computing K3 gun sight 5. B-17 bomber upper Turret hand control unit 6. Upper Turret Sperry K3 gun sight desktop display in action Library of B-17 Gunstations and Gunsights: B-17 Tail Gunner Survivability (part 1):    • B-17 Bomber Crew Tail Station, Crew Surviv...   B-17 Tail Gunner Combat Effectiveness (part 2):    • B-17 Crew Tour of Duty Requirements and Lo...   B-17 Ball Turret (part 1) Crew Survivability:    • B-17 Bomber Ball Turret Introduction, Surv...   B-17 Ball Turret (part 2) External Features:    • B-17 Bomber Ball Turret Station, Detailed ...   B-17 Ball Turret (Part 3) Combat Effectiveness:    • B-17 Ball Turret, Combat Effectiveness and...   B-17 vs. B-29 Gunsights:    • WWII B-17 vs. B-29 Bomber Gunsight Technol...   B-17 Gunsights for Ranging:    • B-17 Bomber, Using Ring Sights for Fighter...   B-17 Gunsights for Tracking:    • B-17 Bomber Tracking and Firing at a Movin...   B-17 Browning .50 Cal Machine Guns:    • B-17 Bomber's Browning Machine Guns.  

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