Farmington veteran recalls role as ball turret gunner in World War II

FARMINGTON, October 22, 2025 – Wallace Goldfarb sits Wednesday afternoon at his home in Farmington. He is holding a photo of himself taken in Molesworth, England when he was a ball turret gunner in the 303rd Bomb Group, 358th Bombing Squadron in World War II. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)" data-image-caption="Wallace Goldfarb, 102, sits recently at his home in Farmington holding a photo of himself taken in Molesworth, England, when he was a ball turret gunner in the 303rd Bomb Group, 358th Bombing Squadron, in World War II. The decorated veteran went on to become a computer scientist. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)" data-medium-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/11/43122104_SJ.FARwallacegoldfarbvetP.1111251.jpg?w=266" data-large-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/11/43122104_SJ.FARwallacegoldfarbvetP.1111251.jpg?w=780" />Wallace Goldfarb, 102, was one of the few who survived as ball turret gunners, flying 34 combat missions over France and Germany in one of the most dangerous duty assignments during the war.