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Ball of Death

Ball of Death

A crewman squeezes into the ball turret in the belly of a B-17E Flying Fortress in 1942. Isolated from the rest of the crew, cramped in a tiny space, and in a potentially fatal spot if the landing gear failed, the lower ball turret was one of the most dangerous -- and frightening -- places to be during the war, on land or in the sky.

Photo: Frank Scherschel./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1942
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