Had an uncle who flew in a B-17 over Italy and North Africa in WWII. He never spoke much about his adventures in WWII but he said it was a thrill to fly in the B-17.
Same with my great uncle.
But my dad told me of the few stories he got out of him when he was young.
Like the time he had his throat mike shot off. That’s close! Plus some of the photos he had. Wow!
My parents were bombed on a regular basis by B 17's. Parents lived in Germany during the war as foreign laborers. In fact were moved to a railroad siding just outside of Dresden while being evacuated from Oppeln and just missed being part of the fire bombing. Dad was working at Ploesti the day it got bombed. My dad told me he knew Germany had lost the war the day he counted over 1,000 US bombers and not a single German fighter rose to meet them.
My parents by the way were thrilled the day I put on my USAf uniform as an officer. I love seeing the B 17 and War birds flying around my house every year during EAA in Oshkosh.