the interior
packed with bombs and fuel the b-17 offered only limited space for the crew the bombardier amd navigator had to crouch to reach their seats in the nose of the bomber the pilot and copilot sat on the flight deck with the flight engineer above and behind them the radio operator's station was the only place where a crew member could stand fully upright the ball-turret gunner had to be small to be able to fit into his notoriously cramped station beneath the fuselage and the tail gunner had to crawl through the rear of the fuselage to reach his remote position