Gondola (airplane)

A gondola was a ventral casemate-style structure used on many World War II-era military bomber aircraft, especially on German designs, where they were usually known as Bodenlafette, often shortened to Bola (from German Boden, 'floor', + Lafette 'gun carriage or mounting', from French l'affût, gun carriage).

Gondolas housed either a gunner or a bombardier.

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