To: Retain Mike
Didn’t ball turret gunners actually have one of the highest survival rates among bomber crews?
3 posted on
11/10/2021 4:01:20 PM PST by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
To: M1903A1
Tail gunner position was no picnic either.
12 posted on
11/10/2021 4:27:01 PM PST by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: M1903A1
20 posted on
11/10/2021 5:04:36 PM PST by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: M1903A1
From what I have posted it should have been the worst. They didn’t have a parachute available until they were raised into the bomber. A stricken bomber provided only a few seconds or minutes to bailout.
34 posted on
11/17/2021 12:23:20 PM PST by
Retain Mike
( Sat Cong)
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