Daddy want... I'd pay to do that for sure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_TaK0WZj2k
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Daddy want... I'd pay to do that for sure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_TaK0WZj2k
That is fantastic. I would pay to do that as well.
The ball turret gunner was usually the shortest guy on the crew - for good reason.
That should be at Knob Creek next year. It would be the hit of the show. Way better than the night shoot. I’d pay to try it, even if it was only 50 rounds.
I remember crawling inside one of those on a B-24 when I was a kid, but it didn't have ammo. I love rip off on the twins if I could wad my fat ass inside the turret.
Excellent...another thing to add to the bucket list....
They need some Me109 or FW190s targets....
Ball-turret gunner job description, as stated then: "Midget contortionist." At 5'6" I'm too tall, and even at my all-time leanest of 160 woulda been WAY too big.
Funny that everyone wants to do this now, probably the least desirable gun position on the entire plane.
One of the worst B-17 stories I ever heard was where the plane was so damaged they couldn't rotate the bottom turret guns down so that the gunner could exit and one side of the landing gear also didn't work. So no matter what anyone tried, they soon realized that when they landed, they were going to kill the guy in the bottom turret...and they did.
Not sure at what point the guy in the turret realized it was his last day but I can think of few ways to go that are more horrible. There is actually film of the landing that is probably on the net.