> Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> More so than you
might imagine. I recently read the book "The Lost Airman" about a B-24
flight engineer and top turret gunner who was shot down during a bombing
raid near Bordeaux. He described a number of flaws in the B-24,
including the fact that the top of the fuselage was a fuel tank and that
the only exit for bailing out was near the tail. The Germans would shoot
incendiary rounds at the top of the aircraft to cause it to explode. The
book describes what it was like to be concealed by the French Resistance
while moving around in Vichy France, then walking across the Pyrenees
into fascist Spain, avoiding Gestapo agents, and finally making it to
Gibraltar. It is NOT a novel. Damned good read.
If you want another
couple of good reads, find 'T
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