What does it take to become a legend? On a fateful day in 1943, a B-17 ball turret gunner risked everything to save his crew. This is the incredible story of courage, resilience, and heroism.

A new memorial stone which commemorates the lives lost in the Prickwillow plane crash in World War Two has been unveiled.

Stealth technology has moved beyond this plane. For a $5 donation each, we toured the inside of a WW II B-17 bomber — cold ...

But one year later, tragedy visited the Yeary home. On April 8, 1944, a B-24 carrying Hubert, the ball turret gunner, took off from England. “On the belly, the other side of the plane ...

After being interrogated by the Germans, Gann was assigned to an official POW camp where he recognized a ball turret gunner who was shot down before him. “Of course, we had a lot of ...

Like Rip Van Winkle who saw a changed world after his 20-year nap — Frank Green, 80, Aberdeen resident on his first visit to Seattle in 51 years, saw a thriving metropolis instead of the small ...

The rusty framework in the foreground is a part of the ball turret mount. (Courtesy Sylvia Bruner ... buying her a new dish set on his last leave visit home before deployment; aircraft gunner Jake ...

Glenn was headed to Italy, where he would serve as a ball turret gunner on B-17s flying bombing runs over Nazi Germany, then as a “waist gunner” on the smaller B-25s. “He flew 63 missions ...

Sgt. Clarence Gibbs, 21, of North Carolina, the top-turret gunner; and Sgt. Homer “Jack” Nyberg, 23, of Kansas, the ball-turret gunner — all disappeared. No bodies found, no names on POW rolls.

Milwaukee will catch a break for tonight's match, as they will take on the Hornets without Charlotte's best player, LaMelo Ball. Ball continues to be out due to a left ankle sprain. The Hornets ...