Off Topic — HabitableZone

Off Topic » in reply to re: rear facing back seats

Qutie a few

Probably all of the WWII single engine dive bombers and two-seat attack planes had the gunner sitting backwards, as did the torpedo bombers like the TBM. It was a very common arrangement.

Some examples:

Il-2 Sturmovik attack plane

SBD Dauntless dive bomber

Avenger torpedo bomber

Also, as Lee pointed out, virtually every bomber with a tail gun had the gunner sitting backwards. This went all the way from the B-17 to the B-52G. The B-52H had the gunner sitting with the rest of the crew.

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