Gun Turret Pics

Malo83 · **Joined:** Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:31 am **Posts:** 309

Looking for pics of all the gun turrets that were used on ww2 warbirds, as a youngster had a chance to sit in a ball turret and top turret of a B17 at an airshow and was facinated at what the gunner had to go thru to manipulate the guns and track a fleeting fighter, the ERCO ball turret and side turrets used on the Navy Privateer are very interesting

Quest Master · **Joined:** Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:42 pm **Posts:** 387

Here are a couple of mine:
Martin 250CE Top Turret:
http://www.questmasters.us/B-24_M-250CE_Top_Turret.html
Another Martin 250CE Top Turret:
http://www.questmasters.us/M250_Turret.html
Emerson A-15 Nose Turret:
http://www.questmasters.us/B-24_A-15_Nose_Turret.html

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:25 am

Malo,

Here is the Martin 250 they have at the CAF hangar at Midland. I think it was intended for the B-24, you'd have to ask someone from down there about it's history.

Control yoke:

Martin Logo, with "250" stencilled next to it:

Malo83 · **Joined:** Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:31 am **Posts:** 309

Thanks guys, great pics of the turrets, keep em coming :wink:

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:05 pm

Scan through the links on the left side page of Taigh Ramey's Beech website at: http://www.twinbeech.com/

I've got a couple pictures of his stuff also at:
http://www.sfahistory.org/gunnerysymposium2004.htm

armyjunk2 · **Joined:** Wed May 16, 2007 8:15 pm **Posts:** 833

Here are a couple photos of Lonestar's Privateer and one of the Cat. Please click on Thumbnail for larger photo....
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Quest Master · **Joined:** Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:42 pm **Posts:** 387

Do you know who did the reproduction glass on the A-6B Tail Turret? I need a full set for my A-6B.

Pooner · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:41 pm

Carl Scholl at Aero Trader will be able to help with the A-6B turret plastic.

Ztex · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:27 pm

How about a B-24 turret...
At the CAF Bluebonnet Wing, Burnet, TX

tulsaboy · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:26 am

And a couple of vintage pictures...

kevin

Malo83 · **Joined:** Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:31 am **Posts:** 309

[quote="Roger Cain"]Scan through the links on the left side page of Taigh Ramey's Beech website at: http://www.twinbeech.com/

I've got a couple pictures of his stuff also at:
http://www.sfahistory.org/gunnerysymposium2004.htm[/quote

Was looking at the Symposium pics and the photo with the Nose gun turrets lined up the first one is said to be a tail turret off of a P2V, with the glass nose next to it. My ? is that the nose turret looks like it is off of a P4M-1 Mercater??? I know that none of them survived but could that nose turret have been salvaged off of one of them prior to going to the crusher?

K5DH · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:30 pm

B-32 Dominator turret, on display at CAF D/FW Wing hangar:

Sorry about poor pics (cell phone camera).

Cheers!

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