Bomber shot down

[Tones]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oav6I0D ... re=related

Very moving

[TopKick]

Those of us who have been to war and survived have friends to remember, memories to haunt us, and stories to tell...or not.

[south_side_slide]

I have to say to the pilots who brought their crews back with the damages they sustained, amazing piloting! for those that did not, they are missed but never forgotten. I think that the pilots and gunners of the bombers had one hell of a job to do, and they all relied on each other in their wing for support. Its sad to look at the mission rosters and after action reports and see the logs showing the planes that left and the #'s that retuned. At the 8th AF museum in Savannah, GA they had hundreds of them on file, one that stuck out in my mind was one from the controller, handwritten the number of planes out-32 planes in 7........... staggering.......all those men in one flight. I am rebuilding a jeep, since thats what the budget allows, but I would love to give a ride to any 8th vet anytime, we owe them all more than we think!

Paul

[Hammerhead]

A WWII Veteran I knew very well recently passed away (Jan. 2010). Dr. R.W. Huntington was a tailgunner on B 17's and flew out of England in 1944. He stated the flak used to scare him to death because there was nothing one could do about it but sit there and take it. After his tour of 30 missions he returned to the States and became a gunner instructor. He volunteered for the Pacific theater but he said the War ended before he completed his training on B-29's. God Bless them all.