The Mighty Eighth obtained the shell of the turret that was used on the B-17 in the 1990 film "Memphis ... Its usual cruising speed was 170 mph, and its top speed was 300 mph.

His job as a top turret gunner in a B-17 required him to make sure that all the bombs the plane was carrying had been dropped. “I went in as an air cadet but they washed out so many of them that ...

the B-17 was not built for comfort. The interior is made of bare metal, lined with wires and tubing. Replica machine guns hang from windows on either side of the fuselage, the tail, a top turret ...

(Air Force) The remains of a B-17 Flying Fortress top turret gunner, shot down over Germany in World War II, have been recovered. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Willard R. Best, 24, of Staunton ...

Once the B-17 was in the air, the gunner would enter ... finishing his tour in Europe with a couple of missions in the top turret. “That was a lot nicer,” Duran said.

Suspended beneath the bomber in a cramped, glass sphere—ball turret gunners faced death with ... The Rise of Air Mobility The top anti-inflammatory foods to improve your health Corippo ...

Six positions in the B-17 are modeled: nose gun, top turret, ball turret, right and left waist guns, and tail guns. You can jump between gunnery positions by hitting the number keys, and each ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - With a belch of white smoke, the four 1,200-horsepower propeller engines of the Boeing B-17 rumbled to life ... back to his experience as a top turret gunner in a similar aircraft ...

Edward Kenneth Fox was a B-17 top turret gunner who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and almost lost his right leg to flak during the infamous 1943 attack on the Schweinfurt ball-bearing factory.