Lester Schrenk, a former U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 gunner who was shot down over Denmark in February 1944, spent about half ...

Provided Share Seventy-six years after being killed in World War II, the remains of U.S. Army ... was a 20-year-old ball turret gunner on a B-17G Flying Fortress bombing during a mission over ...

Inspired by the Eggers, Burke volunteered to become a ball turret gunner, and flew his first mission on September 16, 1943. He was later wounded in action when a German shell came into his turret ...