I sneaked in here. I am a retired USAF Officer. Served as a tail gunner in B-17 (Flying Fortress with the 8th AAF at Rougham, Suffolk in 1944. Served at Raf Mildenhall (also headquarters of 3 ...

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 ...

Daugherty was 21 years old and weighed about 145 pounds. He was quickly slotted as a tail gunner on a B-17 affectionately called the “Canadian Club.” Crews were allowed to name their own plane ...

TJ3 History B-17 Tail Gunner Falls 20,000 Feet – Did He Really Survive? Posted: March 14, 2025 | Last updated: March 14, 2025 A 20,000-foot drop, a tail gunner trapped in wreckage, and an ...

Aided by a neighbor and close personal friend, Pam Rousseau, Hammond was on a mission to ask the Nine-O-Nine crew if they knew what happened to Pig Chaser, the B-17 he flew in as a tail gunner ...

He was a tail gunner on B-17 aircraft and was shot down over Germany Oct. 10, 1943, during his 23rd mission. Baker was captured and held at Stalag 17 for 20 months as a prisoner of war before ...

Gameplay in B-17 Gunner is exceedingly straightforward. Six positions in the B-17 are modeled: nose gun, top turret, ball turret, right and left waist guns, and tail guns. You can jump between ...

His good aim, after years of practice while growing up on a farm in Haskell County Texas, earned him a spot as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber named Heavy Date, which saw ...

I sneaked in here. I am a retired USAF Officer. Served as a tail gunner in B-17 (Flying Fortress with the 8th AAF at Rougham, Suffolk in 1944. Served at Raf Mildenhall (also headquarters of 3 ...