384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II

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radio operator hatch cover placement

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Junket visit to Thorpe Abbotts
Description of radio room hatch cover. This cover would have been removed - it popped outward - if the crew needed to escape the ship after ditching at sea. The crew would have assumed ditching position in the radio room prior to impact with the water.
Contributed by Cindy Farrar Bryan, 2019.

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