Louis Joseph Buonarobo was the Ball Turret Gunner on B-17 #42-3338, shot down on October 14, 1943.
Randall Jarrell
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
Contributor: James Szpajcher (51164044)
Randall Jarrell
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
Contributor: James Szpajcher (51164044)
Louis Joseph Buonarobo was the Ball Turret Gunner on B-17 #42-3338, shot down on October 14, 1943.
Randall Jarrell
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
Contributor: James Szpajcher (51164044)
Randall Jarrell
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
Contributor: James Szpajcher (51164044)
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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