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Detail of one of the bomb bay doors on the port side of the aircraft.

Unlike most contemporary bombers (e.g., B-17, B-25, B-26), whose bomb bay doors hinged outward, the B-24's bomb bay doors rolled up on tracks on the side of the aircraft.

 
B-24 bomb bay door at Barksdale Global Power Museum (Formerly the 8th Air Force Museum)
Time picture taken Tue Aug 5 10:25:34 2008
Location picture taken Museum Grounds
Southwest of Lindeberg Rd.
Barksdale Global Power Museum (formerly the 8th Air Force Museum)
Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
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