World of Warbirds on MSN
YB-40 Flying Fortress gunship explained, the B-17 mutant built to protect bombers with 18 machine guns
In 1942, American bomber formations were getting shredded by head-on Luftwaffe attacks, so the US tried an extreme solution: turning bombers into gunship escorts. From the YB-40 to the XB-41, this is ...
In 1943, B-17 tail gunner Eugene Moran plummeted towards Earth in the severed tail section of his bomber after a Luftwaffe attack over Bremen. With a bullet-riddled parachute, his fate seemed sealed.
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