Flying Fortress Gunner: B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Bob Harper's 35 Combat Missions over Germany pet ”—Jon Meacham

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From the author of The Ground Breaking

Discover how horse cavalry was used to suddenly charge enemy lines or to launch daring raids deep in enemy territory

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and its resurgence after entering Maryland and joining the reorganized Army of the Potomac

Flying Fortress Gunner: B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Bob Harper's 35 Combat Missions over Germany pet ”—Jon Meachamby Bill Cullen The biography of Bob Harper, a B 17 ball turret gunner with the 8th Air Force who survived 35 combat missions over Germany in WWII, and was shot down twice. At 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing just 110 pounds, Bob Harper was below the minimum size requirements for US military service. As the demand for manpower increased, rules were bent, Harpers deferment was retracted, and he was drafted into the Army. Harper was deployed to the