Ball Turret Gunner Amazing Stories

Ball turret gunners on b 17 bombers were protected only by a glass bubble jutting out from the bowels of the plane.

Ball turret gunner amazing stories. I remember watching it when i was young. There was one story about a ball gunner stuck in the turret alive. Anthony demarco the radio operator who at the time was acting as a waist gunner and the ball turret gunner sgt. Garp the main protagonist in john irving s fourth novel the world according to garp 1978 is a severely injured ball turret gunner.

Permanently fixed and unable to be retracted there was no hiding from enemy attack. The amazing stories episode is the mission. There was a re creation of the frantic discussion between the pilot of this bird and the tower what to do about the poor devil in the turret. The ball turret gunner was one of the most dangerous assignments in world war ii.

As a ball turret gunner aboard the duchess a b 17 bomber in the 8th air force s 457th bombardment group death was something buczak faced constantly. Our losses were greater than the marines. The emotional impact of combat is honestly portrayed in a diary my father john j. Raymond buthe and co pilot lt.

President reagan in one of his speeches told the story of a gunner trapped in the ball turret. The b 17 was going down the gear was stuck. Briol pictured with my mother marcella wrote while flying on b 17s during wwii. It was an enclosure that at any time could become an airman s coffin.

Charles agantovich both died at the same time the tail section was struck. Frank delgado perez was born in los angeles california on january 14 1924. A courageous young world war ii gunner and aspiring cartoonist trapped in the belly gun of a b 17 aircraft with the landing gear destroyed has only his imagination as a force that might be able to save him. They never did say what happened and i found myself hoping against hope that he got out alive.

The story of wwii b 17 ball turret gunner frank perez frank perez wwii and 2010 kneeling next to the ball turret of a b 17 flying fortress. The forces of the tail section exploding knocked jack out of the top turret he landed behind the pilot lt. In the mission a 1985 episode of the television series amazing stories a young ball turret gunner is trapped in his turret until his skill as a cartoonist saves him. There is an episode of amazing stories about a ball turret gunner trapped in his turret and the plane has no more landing gear.

Directed by steven spielberg. With kevin costner casey siemaszko kiefer sutherland j j. In god i trust. He was a ball turret gunner of the 457th bomb group 748th squadron at glatton air field england.