[thesharkboy]

Beautiful story. My uncle was a waist gunner in a B-24 in North Africa and Italy during the war. I offered many times to take him up again in a B-24, but he always said he’d pressed his luck enough during the war. He never flew again in any kind of plane—not even a passenger plane.

[DaxtonBrown]

My dad was a B24 tailgunner out of Spinazola Italy

[KC-10A BOOMER]

Participated in an 8th Air Force reunion airshow in 1985 and many of the WW II veterans we talked to stated that walking on our aircraft was the first time they stepped on an aircraft since leaving the service. One gentleman stated that during the war they forced him to fly and after surviving his tour of duty he swore he would never fly again. I have been truly blessed in life being able to talk with and learn from these real American heroes.