MacHauer rotated his gun turret toward the tail of his airplane and saw a large formation ... MacHauer manned the ball turret ...
Christmas Eve, 1944, behind enemy lines near the Germany-Belgium border at an altitude of about 25,000 feet, 20-year-old ...
The B-17 Flying Fortress made its mark on history and became among the most famous aircraft of the Second World War.
Matz (tail gunner), Cpl. Robert E ... MacHauer manned the ball turret gunner position on the aircraft. This position required that he wedge himself into a spherical plexiglass dome that hung ...
Staff Sgt. John P. Quinlan of Yonkers, tail gunner of the ‘Memphis Belle’, holding the lucky horseshoe that accompanied him ...
The B-17 is more than just an airplane. It is a monument to a time in history where freedom itself hung in the balance.
No less a hero, Walter had completed 21 bombing missions in the tail-gunner position before his B-24 was shot down for the second time. Only three crew members survived. After the costly success ...
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