.50 cal. machine gun

Gun turret maintenance for F-7/B-24, October 1, 1944. Kermit Smith and Hummel. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Cpl. Raymond B. Gutoski, Pfc. Virgil A. Horner, S/Sgt. George A. Boden, of 2nd Platoon, 704th AB AAA Battalion, on duty guarding the Tengchong airstrip, are shown cleaning their .50 caliber water-cooled machine gun. Yunnan Province on December 5, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. S. L. Greenberg. Passed by censor Samuel Goldberg.

Gunner at waist gun of B-24 in the CBI during WWII.

GIs look over devastating crash site of an American aircraft--the bent .50 cal machine gun in the foreground indicates it is American, and the gun mounting is like that of the nose gun of some B-25 Mitchell variations. In this image set, the intensity by which people are searching the crash site, and the solemn nature of it all, makes...

The B-24 "Maxwell House II" being refueled in a revetment in SW China, likely Sichuan, during WWII. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7812.

A shark-mouth B-24, the mouth having a unique curl at the back, in a revetment in SW China, likely Sichuan, during WWII. This is a later model B-24 as indicated by the nose turret with two .50 cal machine guns. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7807.

A shark-mouth B-24, the mouth having a unique curl at the back, in a revetment in SW China, likely Sichuan, during WWII. This is a later model B-24 as indicated by the nose turret with two .50 cal machine guns. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7813.

Robert Fox holds a heavy machine gun in front of a B-25 of the Ringer Squadron.

An American instructor explains the use of a machine gun to Chinese troops. Image from U. S. Government official sources.

A gunner keeps lonely vigil at the waist gun on a B-24.