2 waist gunners, ball turret, and a tail gunner). Additionally, there were several adaptations of the B-24 pressed into service, such as the C-87 Liberator Express transport aircraft, the C-109 ...

Parkinson was among the many B-24 crews with bombing missions that day. “I flew nose gunner, waist gunner, ball turret gunner,” Parkinson said. “I flew tail gunner.” The mission of ...