They Called His Gunner Position The Suicide Seat — Until He Downed 14 Bombers
Автор: WWII Battlefront
Загружено: 2026-01-06
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September 6, 1943: Staff Sergeant Michael Arooth sat in the "Suicide Seat" — the B-17 tail gunner position with a 60% mortality rate. When 18 German Messerschmitts attacked his bomber over Stuttgart, he made a decision that violated every rule in the book: he opened fire at 900 yards instead of the regulation 400 yards. Military experts said it was impossible. The training manuals called it wasteful. But Arooth's "reckless" innovation shot down 3 fighters that day and ultimately revolutionized American bomber defense tactics across the entire Eighth Air Force.
This is the untold story of how a 19-year-old factory worker's son with no engineering degree became the highest-scoring bomber gunner in USAAF history (17 confirmed kills) and saved thousands of lives by proving that battlefield observation matters more than textbook theory.
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