50-caliber machine guns, he let loose a six-second burst of about 700 rounds from his tail gun … ‘There was ... into the annals of American aerial gunner history. Fratus picks up the story ...

The B-52 crews were able to claim the bragging rights of a 2:0 kill ratio against their nimbler aerial adversaries. Though they’ve never gotten the glory that fighter pilots have, aerial gunners ...

The mission on May 25 was his last because enemy fire hit his B-25 over Italy. Scott attempted to bail out, but the escape hatch wouldn’t open, so he had to head-butt the canopy ...

Quansah for £35m isn’t an especially eyebrow-raising sale, but it would still be a record signing for Bayer Leverkusen. It’s ...

Her father, Jack Hare, served in the Air Force as a tail gunner during World War II. For Norman, being surrounded by veterans and fellow family members means everything. “I think it’s great ...

"My great uncle Michael was killed as a tail-gunner in a Lancaster Bomber over ... the primary revenue pillars of the business. "In our view, the oft-heard moniker "Torygraph" far undersells ...

Born in Norfolk, Va., Jones was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a tail gunner in the Pacific Theater. He retired in 1998 from Six Flags Darien Lake, where he was the games manager for more ...

Posted to 27 Operational Training Unit, Lichfield, he was impressed by the instructors who were all ex-operational men and well decorated. On 26 October 1943 Flight Sergeant Halsall, as tail gunner, ...

There was a turret on the starboard side of the nose to defend against frontal attacks and another below the nose. The design allowed the gunner to operate them remotely. There was also a tail gunner ...