Germans Couldn't Stop This B-17's "Secret" Weapon — Until He Destroyed All 17 Planes

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Why one B-17 tail gunner ignored every training manual during WW2 — and shot down 17 German fighters while everyone said his method was suicide. This World War 2 story reveals what happened when one man decided the experts were wrong. July 30, 1943. Staff Sergeant Michael Arooth, tail gunner on B-1