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to shoot a machine gun from a plane. Kuhl was a ball turret gunner. A ball turret was a Plexiglas sphere set into the belly of a B-17 or B-24 bomber. It carried two .50-caliber machine guns and ...

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But you get the picture. The gunner has to curl up in a fetal position to fit inside the ball turret, which is approximately 3 feet in diameter and mounted in the belly of the bomber.

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After takeoff, the ball turret gunner—who was typically one of the smallest crew members—would crouch into a fetal position while entering the turret to operate a pair of machine guns.

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The turret in question could be found at the bottom of a B-17 bomber — a plexiglass ball containing two .50-caliber machine guns and a very short gunner. The sphere could pivot to fend off attacking ...