Airman First Class Albert Moore became the last B-52 gunner to down an enemy aircraft with rear guns in any American war.

More than 80 years after his plane crashed over Germany during WWII, Providence native Staff Sgt. Earle L. Dorr Jr.'s ...

Like Rip Van Winkle who saw a changed world after his 20-year nap — Frank Green, 80, Aberdeen resident on his first visit to Seattle in 51 years, saw a thriving metropolis instead of the small ...

Three U.S. airmen disappeared after bailing out of a burning B-17 over Germany 80 years ago. An Offutt recovery team ...

During this time period, the United States Air Force (USAF ... Remotely controlled by the co-pilot, the tail guns required no tail gunner, allowing the crew to remain at three for this variant.

Moyes joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943 and was trained as an air gunner before deploying to the United Kingdom in 1944. He and his crew flew in 15 missions with 429 Squadron, before ...

The impetus for developing the B-24 came in 1938, when the US Army Air Corps sought asked the ... ball turret, and a tail gunner). Additionally, there were several adaptations of the B-24 pressed ...

During this time period, the United States Air ... in the tail of the aircraft with 350 rounds available per gun. Remotely controlled by the co-pilot, the tail guns required no tail gunner ...

In November 1954, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, completing basic training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX. He was stationed in Guam with the 28th A&E Maintenance Squadron (SAC), ...

Three years later, in 1943, the now 18-year-old Bill Parfitt joined the Royal Canadian Air Force ... where he started to fly missions as a tail-gunner on a Lancaster bomber out of Wichford ...

The men are told they will be dropping a bomb with an explosive force of 20,000 tonnes of TNT ... its final ascent to 31,000 ft. Earlier, tail gunner and keen photographer Bob Caron moved to ...

British successes against German daylight bombers forced the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) to shift to night bombing ... The resulting design featured twin tail booms and rudders for stability when the ...