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Why was the chin turret of the B-17 remote controlled, but the ball turret operated manually?
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The ball turret gunner position on the B-17 is popularly considered to be a particularly dangerous assignment. But why was a manual ball turret gunner needed at all especially on later model B-17s, when the similarly placed chin turret was remotely controlled by a gunner inside the aircraft?
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