Synopses & Reviews
Inside the gunners' turrets of World War II's finest fighter aircraft In this superb book, aviation experts Donald Nijboer and Dan Patterson expose the firing positions of World War II aircraft and show the gunners' turrets in which so many young airmen fought and died. Here are the stories from veteran gunners that describe in spirited detail what it was like to fly in and fight from World War II's classic aircraft.
Gunner provides documented accounts of men who learned to shoot at moving targets from a moving platform, facing the terrible odds of survival in this highly dangerous combat environment. Aircraft profiled include:
- Boeing B-17 Superfortress
- Messerschmitt ME 410
- Avro Lancaster
- Grumman TBF Avenger
- Douglas A-20 Havoc
- Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik
- Bristol Blenheim
Synopsis
Through Dan Patterson's remarkable photography, we get to see, close up, the cramped, cold, exposed turrets that so many young men fought and died in. Veterans describe in spirited detail what it was like to fly and fight in the war's most renowned aircraft. Gunner reveals not just the turrets of such famous aircraft as the Lancaster and the B-17, but also the rarely seen gun positions of aircraft such as the Me 410, the Italian S.M. 79 and the Russian Il-2 Shturmovik. This book allows us to imagine what it must have been like to be an air gunner in the Second World War.
Synopsis
Inside the gunners' turrets of World War II's finest fighter aircraft
In this superb book, aviation experts Donald Nijboer and Dan Patterson expose the firing positions of World War II aircraft and show the gunners' turrets in which so many young airmen fought and died. Here are the stories from veteran gunners that describe in spirited detail what it was like to fly in and fight from World War II's classic aircraft.
Gunner provides documented accounts of men who learned to shoot at moving targets from a moving platform, facing the terrible odds of survival in this highly dangerous combat environment. Aircraft profiled include: Boeing B-17 SuperfortressMesserschmitt ME 410Avro LancasterGrumman TBF AvengerDouglas A-20 HavocIlyushin IL-2 ShturmovikBristol Blenheim