The B-17 All American began life like thousands ... stabilizer missing and the remainder of the tail section, with tail ...

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 ...

David Kingsley’s B-17 was about to crash ... Without hesitation, Kingsley removed his chute, fit it to his wounded tail-gunner and helped the man out of the aircraft. As his crew descended ...

Summary and Key Points: The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" revolutionized ... behind would have to get through the two guns in ...

(U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.) — A B-52 tail gunner from the Vietnam War will be honored on Friday, Oct. 11 at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), where the very plane he achieved the last ...

with only a section of the wing and tail remaining recognizable. We feel terrible about such loss of life and hope the injured make a speedy recovery. The loss of yet another B-17 is also tough to ...

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 ...

U.S. Army Air Force SSgt. 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.

He went on to serve his country in the US Army Air Corps during WWII as a tail gunner aboard a B-17 bomber over Germany. During his career, he was employed as General Manager at Sunshine Brewing ...

Ralph H. Bode, 20, of Racine, were identified using anthropological analysis and mitochondrial DNA, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday.Bode was a tail gunner aboard a B-24H ...

(U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.) — A B-52 tail gunner from the Vietnam War will be honored on Friday, Oct. 10 at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), where the very plane he achieved the last confirmed ...