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WWII Bombers: The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner

Published on Jan 13, 2016

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WWII Bombers: The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner

Kate Silvestri, Jonathon Bryson, Thomas Gilbert, and Kirkland Maning

Question to ANALYZE

  • Research the design of WWII bombers like the B-17 and B-24. Try to find a picture of the gunner in the ball turret of the airplane, and note carefully his body position. Write an essay in which you explain how Randall Jerrell's "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" uses visual details to create its fetal and birth metaphors.

The famous B-24 bomber plane widely used in WWII.

Gun Ball Turret

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