Now before I get critized for my lack of artistry. I'll admit I have none. But Razbam's showing of the gunners position is not right. You see the gunners seat would be hydrulically raised by means of a hand pump. The same pump selected to raise the lowered aft canopy. I was only 5'9" about average and I stuck about 4 inches in the slipstream. The guns would just clear the lowered canopy. Maybe by an inch. But as shown I doubt that a gunner would find himself in the position as shown. The seat would be lowered down by a bungee cord.
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