To: snippy_about_it
Great story, snippy. John Browning was a GENIUS! Another common use in WWII for the "Ma Deuce" was armament for the B-17 and B-24 bombers. The most dangerous place of all was the ball turret.
11 posted on
08/29/2003 6:18:26 AM PDT by
CholeraJoe
(If Rudy Bakhtiar had no teeth, could she still lie through her gums?)
To: CholeraJoe
Good morning and thank you CholeraJoe.
I got to see the ball turret on the B-17 at the museum when I visited SAM in Oregon. What a sight that plane is!
To: CholeraJoe
You can say that again26 posted on
08/29/2003 7:22:32 AM PDT by
SAMWolf
(I'm So miserable Without You, It's Like Having You Here)
To: CholeraJoe
don't be too sure. the TAILGUNNER on a 17 was a BAD place to be.
the father one of my best girlfriends in HS days was TSgt Houston Burkhardt, a former B17 tailgunner of the USAAC. he was the ONLY member of his gunnery class to survive the war= one of 188 BRAVE men!
free dixie,sw
98 posted on
09/01/2003 3:48:27 PM PDT by
stand watie
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