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Thanks for the reply. A jettison hatch make a lot more sense than going through the actual nose wheel doors. The reason I asked is I'm trying to find info for the daughter of a navigator who was KIA over Munich (MACR 6915, 7/19/44, 485th BG, 329th SQ, B-24H 44-40444). His name was Lt. Clement Hurly. She was only 18 months old when he died and doesn't know much about the events surrounding his death. She is on her way to Munich for a memorial service that will be held at the crash site.

From what I've found he helped the bombardier get out but the plane went into a spin after the left wing came off trapping Lt. Hurley, the pilot and 3 gunners. The bombardier stated he left out the nose wheel, thus my confusion.

Thank again for the info.