How would you like to stand up, facing backwards, in the front cockpit to fire at pursuing Fokkers and Albatrosses? Note the safety belt clipped to the struts.
Thanks, looks like there would have been only room for one person, so if attacked from the front and rear, I guess you were supposed to turn sideways and fire both at once!:) That would get your adrenaline going.
Caudron G4 bomber from France, 1915.
ReplyDeleteHow would you like to stand up, facing backwards, in the front cockpit to fire at pursuing Fokkers and Albatrosses? Note the safety belt clipped to the struts.
Al_in_Ottawa
Thanks, looks like there would have been only room for one person, so if attacked from the front and rear, I guess you were supposed to turn sideways and fire both at once!:) That would get your adrenaline going.
Deletewonder if that shows up on radar? just sayin
ReplyDeleteJust checked and the bomb load was 661 pounds.
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