What does it take to become a legend? On a fateful day in 1943, a B-17 ball turret gunner risked everything to save his crew. This is the incredible story of courage, resilience, and heroism.

On January 20, 1944, he was the top turret gunner on a B-24 when it was shot down over ... Gann was assigned to an official POW camp where he recognized a ball turret gunner who was shot down ...

Twenty-four thousand feet above Germany’s Rhine River valley, the nine-man crew of the B-17G shivered ... the top-turret gunner; and Sgt. Homer “Jack” Nyberg, 23, of Kansas, the ball-turret ...

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 ...