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The M2 .50 Caliber Made The B-17 A Flying Fortress
It features the vast armadas of the Boeing B-17 Flying ... which the tail gunner operated. His job was to protect the rear of the aircraft from attack. Initially, the bomber crews wore only ...
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An F-15 is rocking a WWII paint job to honor a B-17 pilot who gave his life to save a wounded crewman
An F-15C Eagle is sporting a badass World War II-era paint job in honor of a fallen bomber ... tail, and the paint scheme is a mottled green and brown camouflage pattern modeled off the B-17 ...
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WW2 bomber group museum appeals for repair funds
Gunners of the 306th Bomb Group sit atop ammunition for a B-17 Flying Fortress during World War Two ... the plane came down in nearby Bletsoe. Only the tail gunner, George Littlefield, survived.