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That is such a great story. I love reading the true tales of our flying men during the war. Thank you for sharing that with all of us. Thanks. I have had to since "readjust" my post because I had a few facts in error after more discussion with my mother and looking in Margaret Bourke-White's book (...

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/363384263654883338/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=178_1363437607 The Flying Flit Gun was my father's plane and he was the only ball-turrett gunner that plane ever had. Yes, it was named by Margaret Bourke-White and she actually flew a mission with them (flew on a diffe...

Steve, I am new to this site and was interested in where you got your information about the Flying Flit Gun (97th Bomb Group 340th Squadron). My dad was the ball-turret gunner on the plane and yes, it was named by Margaret Bourke-White. She devotes the 8th Chapter of her autobiography to the Flying ...

The Flying Flit Gun was named by Margaret Bourke-White and the 8th Chapter of her autobiography is devoted to this plane. It was a plane in the 97th bomb group and 340th squadron commanded by Col. Paul Tibbetts who was the pilot of the Red Gremlin (my dad's wing plane). I know this because my dad wa...