B-17G Radio Room
Past the bomb bay is the radio room. The radio operator was an enlisted man, usually a Sergeant or higher. The radio operator received the instructions from the lead bomber and passed them on to the rest of the crew via an intercom. The radio operator also helped the navigator by passing along information about signals from fixed locations.
B-17G Radio Room
Originally, the radio room contained a single .50 caliber machine gun in the ceiling aimed toward the rear of the plane for the radio operator to use, but this gun was found to be the least effective of the guns on the Flying Fortress, and was removed late in the war.
B-17G Radio Room
The radio operator also kept a log of everything that happened and every radio signal received or sent, and if another crew member was injured, the radio operator was often the one who would tend to them.
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