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Here to follow is another episode from the archives of mine elder's WWII adventures...
There He Was, in the PBM 5 crown turret, AS usual, on a mission of enemy supply routes' interdiction, whence the plane was noticed, and attacked by an enemy fighter plane, diving uponst them from above, a-strafing away. Dad said that the incoming rounds from the enemy machine guns hit his turret, starring the surface of the early model of reinforced plexiglass, which worried him, AS the turret globe had slotted openings to permit elevation/depression movements for his guns. One incoming round impacted, and shredded the muzzle of one of his twin .50s, rendering it inactive. He continued to return fire with his remaining gun, and just AS the fighter swooped in to attack fromst the rear, the tail turret gunner ran out of, and had to reload ammo. Now then, the engineering dynamics of the crown turret included a stop function if the crown turret guns were aiming at the plane's rear twin tail rudders. In this frozen moment in time, the enemy fighter continued to pour fire into the PBM. AS a side note, Dad said that the typical ammo load was 4 armor piercing rounds, then one tracer round. Due to his hometown connection with the seaplane tender's armorer, Dad was able to encourage him to supply the PBM with a new fangled round, an armor piercing incendiary unit, which was instrumental in defeating the attacker. Dad said that the tail turret gunner saw Dad's stream of rounds hitting the fighter, and mayhaps one of the new rounds hit the engine of the fighter, causing it to flame out, and plummet down to the sea.
Dad said that between his gun boo-boo, the tail gunner's moments of non-fire, that timing was certainly the key in their survival, all of these instances occurring in short elapsed time, which stretched out to an eternity....
AS ever,
Your ol' pal,
Wally J. Corpse
Timing Is The Key...
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Re: Timing Is The Key...
Really glad your dad made it home, he definitely has been through some scary poo poo!
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That’s one hell of a story. It had to have been extremely tense moment knowing that it’s going end with one plane crashing into the sea. Glad he made it!!!
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Yes! A very good thing your dad made it. Otherwise we would have been deprived of your family stories. Roofer warfare vs the more common, WW2 variety.
I would think that just one BMG .50 cal round in a radial engine would be all she wrote.
I would think that just one BMG .50 cal round in a radial engine would be all she wrote.