tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post8369942884689432673..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: More B-17 (Inside pics)Murphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-63226558814366247882014-10-13T21:39:53.403-05:002014-10-13T21:39:53.403-05:00Amazing photos and I love your blog! I got a ride ...Amazing photos and I love your blog! I got a ride in the Aluminum Overcast last year. Pre-flight, the pilot walked around explaining things about the plane. He said the ball turret (especially) was like the Star Wars of it's day. Remember that America was still very rural before the war, and many of the mostly teenage crews had maybe only seen some barnstormers before. With all the WWII history I'd read and watched, never got that insight before... Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727707665890224471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-91387324597728000112014-10-07T16:25:45.842-05:002014-10-07T16:25:45.842-05:00Yep. Outside. But so tight in there, that use of a...Yep. Outside. But so tight in there, that use of a parachute was nearly impossible.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-5926499408546797172014-10-07T16:24:33.305-05:002014-10-07T16:24:33.305-05:00G model.G model.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-2034538440993794512014-10-07T15:43:24.934-05:002014-10-07T15:43:24.934-05:00I had a teacher in my senior year at high school w...I had a teacher in my senior year at high school who had been a waist gunner in the B-17s, he ended up a POW. Had some interesting stories.<br />I'd heard that you got into & out of the bottom ball turret from the outside, I was not able to tell from the photos.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-40774363970880252472014-10-07T15:19:38.823-05:002014-10-07T15:19:38.823-05:00Nice pics! What model is she? D or E?Nice pics! What model is she? D or E?Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-11896968136318326522014-10-07T12:38:14.029-05:002014-10-07T12:38:14.029-05:00thanks for the pics. A friends Dad was a belly gu...thanks for the pics. A friends Dad was a belly gunner, amazing story.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972137753258134569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-84441961977674998952014-10-06T21:25:39.394-05:002014-10-06T21:25:39.394-05:00Great pics! I'm fortunate that the Sentimenta...Great pics! I'm fortunate that the Sentimental Journey and the CAF hanger are close by. You think those planes are big until you start squeezing through them. coyotesfan97https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030567714252361376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-65164762323153972432014-10-06T19:36:57.572-05:002014-10-06T19:36:57.572-05:00Randall Jarrell
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunn...Randall Jarrell<br /><br />The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner<br /><br />From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, <br />And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. <br />Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, <br />I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters. <br />When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose. Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-1509131920204303772014-10-06T19:29:33.496-05:002014-10-06T19:29:33.496-05:00Have you read "The Death Of the Ball Turret G...Have you read "The Death Of the Ball Turret Gunner"?EricNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05032785464061498419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-54832461063084729442014-10-06T18:51:20.187-05:002014-10-06T18:51:20.187-05:00Great pictures and a great tour of the planeGreat pictures and a great tour of the planeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-15818591950972427102014-10-06T16:40:11.773-05:002014-10-06T16:40:11.773-05:00I've walked around several 17's, but I'...I've walked around several 17's, but I've never been inside one.<br /><br />Thanks for taking me there!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-66882099619108643462014-10-06T15:43:11.285-05:002014-10-06T15:43:11.285-05:00Great pics ML! Thanks. Great pics ML! Thanks. Keadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.com