The B-17 Ball turret. Every military aviation fan has looked ... sophisticated mechanisms and one brave gunner who had to contort himself into position. This gunner was usually the shortest ...

BELOIT - Beauford Udell of Beloit recently celebrated his 100th birthday on Jan. 24. He is a World War II veteran and was a Ball Turret Gunner on a B-17 bomber during the war. He worked as an ...

Clare Musgrove Clare Musgrove was assigned to the United States 15th Air Force based in Bari, Italy, as a ball turret gunner for B-24 Liberators. In June 1944, his B-24 was on a mission to bomb ...