Gun Turret Pics

[Malo83]

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]

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]

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]

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

[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

[armyjunk2]

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]

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

[Pooner]

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

[Ztex]

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

[tulsaboy]

And a couple of vintage pictures...





kevin

[Malo83]

[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]

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





Sorry about poor pics (cell phone camera).

Cheers!