A B-17 tail gunner falls from the sky after his aircraft is destroyed—yet somehow, he might have lived. This video unpacks the extraordinary claim, examining war records and historical accounts to ...

Tail gunners were the first line of defense, but also the most vulnerable at the back of the aircraft, directly in the line of enemy fire. Like in any arena throughout history there are those who ...

Without hesitation, Kingsley removed his chute, fit it to his wounded tail-gunner and helped the man out of the aircraft. As his crew descended under open canopies, Kingsley was last seen standing ...

Airman First Class Albert Moore became the last B-52 gunner to down an enemy aircraft with rear guns in ... the young airman, a tail gunner, sprang into action, opening fire with his air-cooled ...

The AH-64 Apache has a four-blade main rotor and a four-blade tail rotor ... behind and above the copilot/gunner. Both crew members are capable of flying the aircraft and performing methods ...