Boring was shipped to England in 1944, serving in the Eighth Army Air Force in the 368th Bombardment Squadron as a waist gunner on a B-17 called “The Ruptured Duck,” flying missions over Germany.

The airman was the left waist gunner on a B-24D Liberator called “Queen Marlene” when it was attacked by German air forces near Équennes-Éramecourt, France. German forces found the crash ...

Fifty-One Missions in a B-24 Liberator." It wasn't to be ... His vision wasn't up to par to become a pilot, so the Air Force made him a waist gunner instead. But don't waist gunners also need ...