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In 1943, ball turret gunner Alan Magee's B-17 bomber was hit by flak and began to spin out of control. He fell over four miles without a parachute before crashing through the
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In God I Trust: The Story of WWII B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Frank Perez – World War 2 History Short Stories
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