"Tom Del Rosso" wrote in message
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Then I assume the B-24 had hydraulics for control surfaces, or at
least ailerons. The video says the bomb bay doors were hydraulic,
so the B-17 had electric doors (I'm sure that mechanic said they
differed on the doors).

My B-17 & B-24 photo collection doesn't show the bomb bay door
actuators for either, just some linkage. A B-17's simple doors swing
down, a B-24's complex doors slide up the outside.
jsw