B-17 Belly Landing Ball Turret Crushed Gunner Tragedy: Separating Fact from Fiction
In the Amazing stories episode titled, "The Mission” a B-17 was damaged due to an air-to-air engagement. Ball turret gunner could was trapped in the turret and the bombers landing gear would not deploy. The stories premise is the he gunner would be crushed on landing. This narrative was as shared by correspondent Andy Rooney in his book, “My War”. The video will address the evidence to support the narrative and address what steps the crew could take to maximize the ball turrets gunners survival. Hanger13’s web site: http://hangarthirteen.org/ Hanger13 Article link: http://hangarthirteen.org/lucky-thirt... Link to the warbird exchange article: http://warbirdinformationexchange.org...

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