Comments on: The View from the Tail Turret http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:07:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: memorial day recycle parts I and II http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/comment-page-1/#comment-765 memorial day recycle parts I and II Mon, 31 May 2010 16:34:23 +0000 http://airandspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/#comment-765 [...] Luftwaffe pilot tailing his ship, wings level, at about two hundred yards and closing. Uncle Puz dropped his twin .50 caliber mount to match the position of the fighter and was about to squeeze off a burst when a P-51 flashed past [...] [...] Luftwaffe pilot tailing his ship, wings level, at about two hundred yards and closing. Uncle Puz dropped his twin .50 caliber mount to match the position of the fighter and was about to squeeze off a burst when a P-51 flashed past [...]

]]> By: David Weaver http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/comment-page-1/#comment-30 David Weaver Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:46:25 +0000 http://airandspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/#comment-30 ........I am SO impressed with this photo.... As a man who wishes he could have been alive during the WW2 years, I always wanted to be a gunner on a B-24 or a B-17 or the like......I realize it was dangerous, but I would have done ANYTHING to be there.......... ……..I am SO impressed with this photo….
As a man who wishes he could have been alive during the WW2 years, I always wanted to be a gunner on a B-24 or a B-17 or the like……I realize it was dangerous, but I would have done ANYTHING to be there……….

]]> By: charles meshel http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/comment-page-1/#comment-29 charles meshel Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:08:37 +0000 http://airandspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/#comment-29 I was a ball turret gunner on a b17 in ww2. and am proud to say thanks for the service to any and all who served then,before,and now.To my knowledge there are just 2 of my crew still with us. I was a ball turret gunner on a b17 in ww2. and am proud to say thanks for the service to any and all who served then,before,and now.To my knowledge there are just 2 of my crew still with us.

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jeff Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:51:43 +0000 http://airandspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/#comment-28 Great article and picture. It would have been nice to get a direct link to the rest of his pictures and papers mentioned at the end. Kind of like getting a great nibble, but now I want to see the rest! Great article and picture. It would have been nice to get a direct link to the rest of his pictures and papers mentioned at the end. Kind of like getting a great nibble, but now I want to see the rest!

]]> By: TomT http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/comment-page-1/#comment-27 TomT Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:33:33 +0000 http://airandspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/#comment-27 What Bombardment Group and Squadron was this man in? What Bombardment Group and Squadron was this man in?

]]> By: Ed Durbin http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Ed Durbin Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:08:11 +0000 http://airandspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/#comment-26 Thanks for the very good image and text. More, more! Thanks for the very good image and text. More, more!

]]> By: Anne Keiser http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Anne Keiser Sun, 24 May 2009 19:44:53 +0000 http://airandspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/#comment-25 This is the first blog I have read, and I am REALLY impressed. This is the first blog I have read, and I am REALLY impressed.

]]> By: Isabel Lara http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Isabel Lara Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:35:11 +0000 http://airandspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-view-from-the-tail-turret/#comment-24 great photo, wow! great photo, wow!

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