As he plunged toward the unforgiving earth, Army Air Forces Sgt. James Raley was stuck. It was January 1944, and the tail section of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber nicknamed “Skippy” where ...
TJ3 History B-17 Tail Gunner Falls 20,000 Feet – Did He Really Survive? Posted: March 14, 2025 | Last updated: March 14, 2025 A 20,000-foot drop, a tail gunner trapped in wreckage, and an ...
What You Need to Know: Airman 1st Class Albert Moore, the last U.S. airman to down an enemy fighter as a B-52 tail gunner, was honored this month at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.