Upper turret, belly turret, nose turret, and tail gunner all had their assigned guns. During an air battle, all crew members (except the pilots) joined the fighting. A bullet with wings it is. Fire at will.
Friday, June 23, 2017
Wings of Valor : Aerial Gunner
Once the plane got off the ground and into the air...and the navigator got the plane to its desired position...and the bombardier got their bomb load to the target...the coming and going often depended upon the aerial gunner. On the B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber there were up to 13 -50 caliber machine guns. [Lucky number I guess.]
Upper turret, belly turret, nose turret, and tail gunner all had their assigned guns. During an air battle, all crew members (except the pilots) joined the fighting. A bullet with wings it is. Fire at will.
Upper turret, belly turret, nose turret, and tail gunner all had their assigned guns. During an air battle, all crew members (except the pilots) joined the fighting. A bullet with wings it is. Fire at will.
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Hi Grampa! This is Will. I like this post. My guess is you have 100-1,000 viewers. [lucky number I guess]
ReplyDeleteThanks Will...glad you liked the post...the wings shown represent a group of flyers on the B-17 during WWII...your great-grandfather was there...Grampa
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