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๐ Oddities & Forgotten Stories
The B-17 That Flew with a Decommissioned Turret
During a raid on the Ploieศti oil refineries in Romania on August 1, 1943 (Operation Tidal Wave), a B-17 named "Old 666" lost its ball turret gunner when the turret's hydraulic fluid ignited. The gunner, Sergeant John J....