Aviation Operating ball turret in the Collings B-24J at Bomber Camp

[hard top]

View: https://youtu.be/RcPTnsAP9wU
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Published on Jun 4, 2012
I had a vision in my head about putting a camera on the end of the 50 cal gun facing the ball turret so you could see the aircraft rotating in the background. Whitney, the crew chief on the B-24 and a great guy, installed his Gopro camera and captured exactly what I had in mind. Thank you Whitney!!

The turret was retractable only on the B-24 because of the very limited ground clearance that the Liberator had. There was plenty of room for the ball turret on the B-17 so it didn't need to be retracted.

 

[TR4man]

Fantastic!

To fly in an old warbird is on my bucket list. The closest I've come so far is a flight in a DH Rapide over Duxford, but one day...

 

[oldcarman]

Fantastic!

To fly in an old warbird is on my bucket list. The closest I've come so far is a flight in a DH Rapide over Duxford, but on day...

My FIL was with the bombing crew in a LANCASTER in WWII and got a medal for a wound he suffered walking into some part of the plane after a night out in town in Egypt where he stole a camel to get back to base cuz he was too drunk to walk! RIP Joe!!

 

[Brian4]

Brilliant @hard top . You have to wonder who would ever think of putting a man in a ball which he could just fit into give him 2 guns and suspend him under an aircraft in the freezing cold and expect people to shoot at him. Amazing people.