Indeed, Paul.
I’ve just finished reading “Wings over Summer” by Ron Powell, a former RAF
pilot. He retired from the RAF a few years ago so wasn’t a wartime pilot, but
he spoke to many WWII aircrews to get a feel for it and the result was a pretty
realistic account of how it would have felt – for the fighter pilots, at least.
I would say that it was available from Amazon, but I’m giving myself an Amazon
break for December – in protest at the company’s tax and employment policies .
. .
Chris
> On 15 Dec 14, at 04:22, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12/14/14 12:36 : , Mike Lazzari wrote:
>>> One of my favorites is the guy with the B-17 in the background. He had been
>>> a radioman on a B-17 over Europe. He was there with his son, pointing out
>>> the various parts of the bomber hanging in the gallery, and describing the
>>> differences between his plane and the one there.
>> My Dad flew a B17 out of Thorp Abbotts. Crawled around inside one with him a
>> few years ago. Man those things were cramped! Bare bones. Absolutely nothing
>> extra. His whole crew were just kids. It is a miracle that any of them
>> returned at all.
>>
>> Mike
>>
> Every time I hear combat stories, I'm just thankful that I was the right age
> to miss the draft. I appreciate those who served, but I don't want to think
> about how it would have been if I had to go.
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