B-17 Ball Turret Gunner – WWII’s Most Dangerous Job. Posted: May 15, 2025 | Last updated: May 15, 2025. Suspended beneath the bomber in a cramped, glass sphere—ball turret gunners faced ...

Feature on a B-17 Ball Turret gunner from WWII. Video by Airman 1st Class Sean Danker-Smith. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD ...

Leonard Dowling, who turned 100 on June 21, shared some of his WWII experience about getting shot down in a Liberator bomber ...

The ball turret, like this one on a B-17 in England in 1943, was designed small to reduce drag, so its gunner usually was the shortest man in the crew. Gunners on World War II bombers had only a ...

William Bieber served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was assigned to the 27th Bombardment Squadron, 30th Bombardment Group and headed to the Pacific to serve as a ball turret gunner ...

World War II veteran Al Shaw points to a B-17 model that hangs from the ceiling in his Belle Fourche home. The model, which shows a translucent, bubble-like ball turret on the underside, is just ...

There’s a famous line by General George S. Patton, immortalized in the movie “Patton” that says “You may be thankful that 20 years from now when you are sitting by the fireplace with your ...

“Day” means a lot in A.L. Kennedy’s virtuoso and turbulent novel. It refers to itself, as in mundane. It signifies Alfie Day, its hero, a Royal Air Force turret gunner who lost his mates in ...

A WWII veteran, who now calls Severy home, ... Veteran Salute: Ball turret gunner says you never get over combat by: Gwyn Bevel. Posted: May 23, 2019 / 02:45 AM CDT.

Inching up on eight decades since the end of World War II, Air Force veteran Larry Wills, 99, walked onto the taxiway of the Medford airport Tuesday to check out a near-twin to the plane in which ...

During World War II, Charter enlisted in the Army as a teen. He was a ball-turret gunner and was stationed on the underside of B-17 and B-24 bombers. He risked his life flying 43 missions for the ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. – A 91-year-old man has been appointed to the French Legion of Honor for his distinguished service to France in World War II. Vermont's James Facos flew 30 missions with the ...