The war in Gaza is now 1 year old. It has expanded into Lebanon and Iran, and God knows where else it will spread. At least 42,000 people have died, the vast majority civilians. Ceasefire talks have ...
Given the B-24's low ground clearance, the turret was retracted into the body of the plane during takeoff and landing. "There were a lot of people who could not fly that position," said Bertolino, ...
Ball turret gunner in Liberator bomber shot down over Germany at 19 turns 100 Leonard Dowling, a turret gunner on a B24 bomber shot down over Germany in 1944, and liberated in a 700-mile march, ...
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He fell 20,000 feet without a parachute: The miraculous WWII survival of B-17 gunner Alan Magee
In January 1943, during a brutal daylight bombing raid over the heavily defended German U-boat base at St. Nazaire, B-17 ball turret gunner Staff Sergeant Alan Magee was blasted out of his aircraft at ...
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A Ball Turret Gunner's Worst Nightmare
This is the story of Arthur Coyle, a Ball Turret gunner of the 303rd Bomb Group (Hell's Angels), on a bomber named Buzz Blonde. This video covers a famous photo of a direct hit to his turret on a ...
In the poem, "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," author Randall Jarrell wrote. ... "From my mother's sleep, I fell into the State, and I hunched in its belly until my wet fur froze. Six miles from ...
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