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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner...... A Poem

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Uploaded by on Oct 30, 2006

A poem by Randall Jarrell.... Read by Zander Kaufman

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  • all Air gunners suffered, on the US planes it was the ball turret guys, on our Lancs it was the rear gunners. Those cannon on the BF109's made a real mess. Respect go with them all, cause I wouldn't have the courage they did.

  • @MrBEB123 the late 30's called.. it wants it's retarded politics back.

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  • why?

  • @bolshevikML you probably need to hit it directly and its a small target shielded from the rest of the fuslage where fragments and shit are ricochetting around inside. alot of the guys in the main fuslauge were probably killed not even by direct hits but by shrapnel, ricochete and spall

  • Ironically, although the ball turret was the most uncomfortable place in a FF, it was also the safest of the turrets, according to post-war casualty statistics.

    BTW: Bomber Harris, do it again!

  • apparantly that some opeople had to wash out the ball turrets because there wasn't much left of the men i them :( poor , brave souls :(

  • Try my Ball Turret Gunner game!

  • @BenTech687 Tell ur Grandpa Thank You from me .

  • pretty sure that the girls they painted on the noses of aircraft were to distract the enemy fighter pilots.

  • WTH? Those were B-29's No ball turrets; they were remotely controlled (except for the tail).

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