Wallace Goldfarb, 102, sits recently at his home in Farmington holding a photo of himself taken in Molesworth, England, when he was a ball turret gunner in the 303rd Bomb Group, 358th Bombing Squadron ...

Ball Turret Gunner Who Saved His B-17 On May 1, 1943, Sergeant Maynard H. “Snuffy” Smith manned the ball turret of his B-17 during a mission over occupied France. When the formation was forced low by ...

What looked like a fatal hit reveals an almost impossible survival story. Blinded and wounded, a ball turret gunner somehow ...

The war in Gaza is now 1 year old. It has expanded into Lebanon and Iran, and God knows where else it will spread. At least 42,000 people have died, the vast majority civilians. Ceasefire talks have ...

Given the B-24's low ground clearance, the turret was retracted into the body of the plane during takeoff and landing. "There were a lot of people who could not fly that position," said Bertolino, ...

Ball turret gunner in Liberator bomber shot down over Germany at 19 turns 100 Leonard Dowling, a turret gunner on a B24 bomber shot down over Germany in 1944, and liberated in a 700-mile march, ...

On April 9, WWII veteran Phillip "Bruce" Cook was awarded France's highest military honor. (South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs) At 18 years old, Staff Sgt. Phillip “Bruce” Cook flew 35 ...

More than 80 years after he flew over occupied France in World War II, a 100-year-old American veteran received the highest French military honor. Retired Staff Sgt. Phillip Bruce Cook was presented ...