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LIFE Magazine photo of a serviceman getting into a B-17 ball turret

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LIFE Magazine photo of a serviceman getting into a B-17 ball turret

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And a second photo with him almost fully secured in the containment capsule:

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And a very Bad place to be if they had to perform a belly landing.
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  for sure, it’s the red mist gunner seat

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