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Thanks for the ping.

I was just listening to one of my Grandfathers stories about his pilot days of WW2. He flew a B-24 over Germany near the end of the war. He was on a mission where the germans were firing time delay anti aircraft shells, and his plane took a hit. He said it blew a large hole in one of the wings. (fortunately it wasn't a percussion shell or he wouldn't be here to tell about it.) He then took two more hits and lost all power. He and his entire crew bailed out. Grandpa was the last one to bail out, and as he was parachuting down, he saw the plane start a long roll to the right. He said his plane circled around and almost hit him. He and his crew landed in hostile Yugoslavia. He was lucky to be reached by the underground, who smuggled him out of the country. It took them 30 days to get him out (Very tough month for my mother and grandmother). If the Germans would have gotten to him first, they would have tied his hands and feet, then shot him in the back of the head, as they did to all bomber crews.

[Jen]

Wow, what a story, I'm so glad you shared it. Thank God your grandfather survived and was not captured by the Germans.

It's so important that we keep our Veterans' stories from being forgotten. Do you know about the Veterans History Project? Your grandfather might like to contribute some stories or memorabilia.

[MistyCA]

Gosh...what a story. Thank your grandpa for the story and his service.

B-24 Liberator

[MistyCA]

Liberator