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

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[-] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 18 points 1 month ago

Oof. I feel like this is obligatory to post with any mention of it.

The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner Randall Jarrell —-

From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,

And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.

Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,

I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.

When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

One of the rawest gigs in a war full of raw gigs

[-] forwhomthecattolls@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

gotta be so fucking cold in that thing with the plane at altitude

[-] Edelscheiss@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

And a very Bad place to be if they had to perform a belly landing.

[-] forwhomthecattolls@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

for sure, it's the red mist gunner seat

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That really took some balls.

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