This is an interesting little film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSXiny5mEpg
One thing to note. Brit heavy bombers (perhaps all Brit bombers in WWII) did not carry a co pilot. Only one guy was on the flight deck, the Aircraft Commander. His instrumentation was minimal to fly the plane. Most of the gages and other controls we see in the cockpit of an American bomber were under the control of the flight engineer who was not on the flight deck but below and behind the pilot. The flight engineer had a little bit of basic flight training but his chances of bringing a damaged heavy bomber home were quite slim. Therefore, if the Aircraft Commander "bought it" it was time to "hit the silk."