VCCS Litonline Introduction to Literature English 112 (English Composition II)

Glossary page

Glossary and Use Tips

ball turret: See Phil Callahan's photos to illustrate a full explanation of the small plexiglass and steel bubble at the bottom center of a B-17's fuselage.

Glossary of Military Terms & Other Words in the Poem

flak: bursting shells from anti-aircraft fire near a target, a compressing of the German term for their 40mm and 88mm Fliegerabwehrkanone

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State: capitalized to signify a country

wet fur: Sweat on a flight jacket collar might freeze in an unheated plane. [Use your browser's "Back" button to return to the page you were reading.]

six miles: Bombers cruised at 30,000 feet, then dived to about 5,000 feet for the bombing run over their target. [The photo's source Website used to be in the name of "J. B. Davis" at Pagesz, but this account is no longer active.]

fighters: German aircraft sent to shoot down the
bombers were much faster than the bombers and
often rose up from below with machine guns blazing.

hose: A steam hose was used by ground crew to
clean out the plane, such as the plexiglass turret,
for the crew and replacements.

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