Suspended beneath the belly of the B-17 bomber, the ball turret was a claustrophobic sphere of glass, guns, and guts.

The remains of a B-17 Flying Fortress top turret gunner, shot down over Germany in World War II, have been recovered. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Willard R. Best, 24, of Staunton, Illinois, was ...

After 35 missions as the ball turret gunner in the "Fort Worth Jailhouse" crew's B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II, Flagstaff's Sgt. Vern Hammond said he is lucky enough to be around today ...

One set was identified as belonging to the B-17’s top turret gunner, but the other three could not be identified, the DPAA states. Those remains were buried as unknowns at Normandy American ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress went on to make its mark on history and became among the most famous aircraft of the Second World War. Yet, it wasn’t actually the bomber that was produced in the ...