Posted on Jul 30, 2017
Ball Turret Gunners | Flying the Ball | World Documentary Films
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
---Randall Jarrell 1945
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
---Randall Jarrell 1945
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Mad respect for the bomber crews they were the work hoarse of the airforce.
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The bottom ball gunners had a very large set of balls to get into those turrets.
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