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

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

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, ...

Given the B-24's low ground clearance, the turret was retracted into the body of the plane during takeoff and landing.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