The B-17 had a capacity to carry 5,000 pounds of bombs. If the mission was a long one, to a very distant target, less bombs might be carried so more fuel could be put on board. The most commonly used bomb was the 500 lb General Purpose (GP), so on most missions the B-17s would have ten of these in the bomb bay. There was a narrow catwalk through the bomb bay between the two stacks of bombs, five to a side, hung in their shackles. After take-off the bombardier had to go back to the bomb bay and remove the safety pins from the nose fuses of the bombs, so they would arm themselves to explode when dropped.
The B-24 had a crew of between 7 and 11 depending which version. As to how many fit into one, - there are many stories of up to 80 people being carried in Liberators during the evacuation of Java and later when Allied prisoners were evacuated out of Burma and other places where the Japanese had imprisoned them.
6-7 people
10 crewmen
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Arthur Harris was in charge of Bomber Command.
The Luftwaffe would generally use either the Stuka dive bomber, the Junkers 88, or the Heinkel 111.
It differed between Air Forces, but was generally about a year in total
My mother worked there and made torpedoes, She called it "Bell bomber".
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Gotha G.V
the German were the first to use bombers, their first bomber was a zeppelin invented by Edward zeppelin
Boeing B17
Arthur Harris was in charge of Bomber Command.
Wiped out the IJN's cream of the crop in Torpedo Bomber, Dive Bomber, and fighter aircrewmen.
The Luftwaffe would generally use either the Stuka dive bomber, the Junkers 88, or the Heinkel 111.
Patrick Moore was a navigator in Bomber Command during World War 2.
The two planes were Spitfire and the lancaster bomber