View of the bomb bay from the radio compartment. Bombs were hung from the rack visible in the middle and/or to racks attached to the outer hull. These looked to be 500 pounders. Note the narrow catwalk.
The ball turret from the radio compartment. The ammo boxes are visible to the sides. The yellow bottle on the stanchion is an O2 bottle for the ball gunner.

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