Sleek, agile, powerful and possessing a multitude of guns on the nose and wings – the fighters of World War II have etched themselves ... adopted a rotating gun turret behind the pilot.

His tour of duty during World War II was anything but dull. The 87-year-old Eden Prairie resident flew 33 missions over Italy and Germany as a ball turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator. Kromminga ...