Ralph Bode flew as a tail gunner on a B-24-H Liberator. Eighty years ago, on Sept. 27, 1944, Bode died at age 20 when his aircraft was shot down over Kassel, Germany. Three people on his bomber ...

Al Moore served during the Vietnam War as a tail gunner aboard B-52 bombers. During the war, Moore was one of two tail gunners to shoot down an enemy air craft during a mission. He died in 2009 at ...

Troy loved telling stories from his childhood in the mill villages of Greenville and his experiences as a B-24 bomber tail gunner in World War II. He worked over 40 years as a field engineer for NCR.

A New Bomber ... the gunner/radio operator being completely physically isolated from the other crew members in a compartment very similar the tail gun compartment of an American B-29, constructed ...

Eighty years ago, a Halifax bomber piloted by B.C.-born Wilbur “Wib ... remaining aircrew — Bentz, upper gunner John Wilson Summerhayes and tail gunner Fred Roach — were still at their ...

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 ...

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber ... 17, 2004, at a ceremony at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. At the time of its retirement, “Balls 8” (from its NASA tail number, 52-008 ...

Eighty years ago, a Halifax bomber piloted by B.C.-born Wilbur “Wib” Bentz smashed ... the remains of the three remaining aircrew — Bentz, upper gunner John Wilson Summerhayes and tail gunner Fred ...