My bet is the ball turret gunner had been pulled out of the turret (pointing the guns 90 deg downwards gave access to the turret from the inside of the plane), maybe because of lack of ammo. Same for the rear gunner - there's quite some time between the last rounds fired by him and the first direct hit in his station scored by the fighter. I know I If was out of ammo, I wouldn't sit in the turret just watching the show and waiting for the bandit to get THAT close and kill me.
Of course, what happened next is another story.
Cheers.
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