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Originally Posted by P_Funk
That's so cool! 
We have only one warhero in my family, my grandma's husband's brother-in-law was a navigator on a B-17 Flying Fortress. |
Dangerous job that. Well... they all were pretty dangerous. But the lifespan of a bomber crew could be very short. Lucky though he had the best darned bomber in the war. I have abook about those. Pictures in it of heavily damaged B-17s that managed to come home. One engine, one wing, no tail, huge tears through the side fuselage. Incredible.
I will say my grandpa's stories are the best. Between being a commando and then being returned to his Division to be a part of D-Day (Tank Commander on Juno beach) he had a hell of a wartime. Met Churchill after a few raids, served directly under Lord Lovett (even saved his life once), was at Dieppe, Norway, N. Africa, Malta, Austria, France, worked to put a 17 pounder gun into a Sherman and later met Patton as he came to see this marvelous new tank that was capable of fighting a Panzer at range. Even mouthed off to Patton when he criticized the Canadians. At the end he was in Holland for that grand liberation.
It all sounds too god to be true but his record was read at a hearing to confirm his actions and by god he ain't lying. God bless the Canadians.