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There was normally 10 crew members in the B-17 Flying Fortress.

  1. Pilot
  2. Co-Pilot
  3. Navigator/Flexible Gunner
  4. Bombardier/Flexible Gunner/Chin Turret Gunner(B17G onwards)
  5. Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  6. Radio Operator/Flexible Gunner
  7. Ball Turret Gunner
  8. Left Waist Gunner
  9. Right Waist Gunner
  10. Tail Gunner

1 - 4 were normally officers

5 - 10 were normally enlisted men.

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the flying fortress could hold up to 6 bombs

On shorter missions, it could carry 8000 pounds of bombs, on longer missions 4500 pounds, and in emergency conditions, 17,600 pounds.

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