B-32 turret on ebay

astixjr · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:38 am

Check out this piece of Unobtainium! This sure is a rare item! I purchased five Powerball tickets for the mid-week drawing so maybe I can place a bid. :rolleyes:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... EF:US:1123

Edward Sheetmetalhands · **Joined:** Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:44 am **Posts:** 257

I think between that outboard wing section on a stick and this turret, we could probably build an airplane out of that. :mrgreen:

Django · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:32 am

Wow, that's pretty neat. Was this a known existence, or is this something that is a surprise for everyone?

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:25 am

Isn't there another turret from a B-32 on display in another museum, maybe in Calif?

Django · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:02 am

The CAF has one, but it's not a ball turret.

Dan K · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:28 am

Don't know much about Dominators. Is the example for sale a nose turret?

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared ... 4S-010.jpg

Django · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:42 am

Yes, it looks like it is a nose turret to me as well. Now that I think about it, a B-32 wouldn't have a "ball" turret anyway.

astixjr · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:58 am

We could use Taigh Ramey or maybe John Szabo to chime in here but I think the B-32 had a Sperry ball turret just like the B-24 but I'm not sure about that. The A-17 nose and tail turret in the B-32 were just about the same turret I think. Not like the situation with the late B-24s with an Emerson A-15 in the nose and an A-6 in the tail. I think John Szabo's A-17 is "NOS" but I don't know anything about the one on ebay. I've requested the seller post or email some interior shots so maybe the history of this A-17 will turn up. Anyone know who the seller is?

*sometimes the more "spherical" nose turrets were also called "ball" turrets so it does get a bit confusing.

Dan K · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:01 pm

Django wrote:

Yes, it looks like it is a nose turret to me as well. Now that I think about it, a B-32 wouldn't have a "ball" turret anyway.

Ummm...

http://www.fortwortharchitecture.com/ol ... uctB32.jpg

Django · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:06 pm

Ooops!

I stand corrected.

Looking at that pic, I think the ebay one looks like a nose turret (or tail).

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:24 pm

NASM has a Dominator turret also.
Jerry

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