On May 1, 1943 ball turret gunner Maynard Snuffy Smith found himself trapped in one of the most dangerous situations ...

Experience the extraordinary mission of a wounded B-17 crew, where a ball turret gunner helped bring their shattered Flying ...

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Given the B-24's low ground clearance, the turret was retracted into the body of the plane during takeoff and landing.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, ...

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 ...