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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 ...

Two 100-year-old veterans shared tales of valor and service on Sunday as part of the Might Eighth Air Force Museum's Memorial Day events.

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.

It wasn't until Joe Kollmyer was in his 20s that the Texan realized his mother was the widow of a World War II bomber crewman.

Music wasn't always Junior's top priority. During World War II, Junior served as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 in the Eighth Air Force. At the end of the war, Junior re-enlisted for occupation ...

Crumb, Pvt. Artie Grey, 28 — Kelso; 18th Infantry 1st Division; died from wounds received in action, July 24, 1918 Culbertson, Pvt. John Hamilton, 24 — Clatskanie ...

One year later, he was in the 303rd Bomb Group flying as a ball turret gunner in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. On June 25, 1943, his crew was on a mission to bomb shipyards and submarine ...

a devoted family man and B-17 turret gunner thrust into the perilous skies over WWII Europe. But the danger doesn’t end in the air—his survival sets off a chain of events that ripple far ...