It’s May 1, 1943 and in the ball turret of his B-17 is gunner, Sergeant Maynard H. Smith. Known to the crew as Snuffy, Smith was not a tall man which was an essential requirement for a ball turret ...
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Ball Turret Gunner Who Saved His B-17
Ball Turret Gunner Who Saved His B-17 On May 1, 1943, Sergeant Maynard H. “Snuffy” Smith manned the ball turret of his B-17 during a mission over occupied France. When the formation was forced low by ...
Wallace Goldfarb, 102, sits recently at his home in Farmington holding a photo of himself taken in Molesworth, England, when he was a ball turret gunner in the 303rd Bomb Group, 358th Bombing Squadron ...
On April 9, WWII veteran Phillip "Bruce" Cook was awarded France's highest military honor. (South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs) At 18 years old, Staff Sgt. Phillip “Bruce” Cook flew 35 ...
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