On January 3rd, 1943 a group of 72 B-17 Flying Fortresses were on a bombing mission in occupied France. Their target was a heavily fortified German U-boat base at St. Nazaire, an important strategic ...

It’s May 1, 1943 and in the ball turret of his B-17 is gunner, Sergeant Maynard H. Smith. Known to the crew as Snuffy, Smith was not a tall man which was an essential requirement for a ball turret ...

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 ...

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, ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Congressman Greg Murphy joined a celebration of life and recognition for a World War II Army Airman Wednesday. Staff Sergeant Robert Ferris Jr. was a ball turret gunner on ...

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 ...