[redangus]

My father served in the 8th Air Force, stationed in England. He flew as a waist gunner in a B-17. Like many of his generation he didn’t talk much about it.

[oneolcop]

If you haven’t done so, please find a copy of the book “ONE LAST LOOK”, a pictorial of the Mighty Eighth. The men who fought in the air over Europe were astoundingly brave. The flew straight and level and took all the Germans could throw at them and kept on flying. The 8th Air Force took more killed and more wounded than any other unit in WWII. Something like 150% casualties. My wife’s father was shot down on his 13th mission and spent the rest of the war in Stalag 17B. Heroes to a man.

[tubebender]

This Keith Ferris painting depicts the mission my brother and many others were shot down over Wiesbaden Germany on August 15th 1944. The painting in on a wall in the Air and Space museum. 303rd Bomb Group 427th squadron...

http://www.303rdbg.com/art.html