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B-17 ball turret gunner recalls combat

A World War II veteran shares firsthand memories of serving as a B-17 ball turret gunner, including intense combat and a ...
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Ball Turret Gunner Who Saved His B-17

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 ...
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Farmington veteran recalls role as ball turret gunner in World War II

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 ...

UNH crews search Lake Massabesic for missing WWII B-17 ball turret

Living near Lake Massabesic, Alex Saidel grew up hearing stories of the history lying somewhere below the surface. "I always heard there was either a World War II plane or parts here or something ...