THANK YOU, Sir, for your service. My won father flew one mission in a B-17, at the very end of the war. He had to replace the tail gunner that flight who became violently ill (booze, probably). Sat in vomit for several hours, never fired a shot. Dropped all their bombs in the Channel on the way home -- no place to target because of weather. No, I don't have the numbers or bomb group ID, and he's gone, now. God bless all of them.
Thank you for your service. And thank you for sharing. I'm some what of war buff. And from every one I spoke to, and all the after action reports, and journals I've read. The tail gunner and ball gunner were the 2 most fired upon stations when the main fuselage was targeted. And the German planes half way through the war were using at the SMALLEST 13mm MG 131 Heavy machines (bigger then the American 50.cal Heavy Machine Guns) 20mm MG/FF's, MG 151/20 and Mk 108 30mm light machine cannons they out ranged Mr. Wolf's Browning M2 50.cal Heavy Machine Guns. And, the ammunition (especially in the 30mm Auto Cannon) had explosive charges in them. Lots of the casualties had to be hosed out of they're, or what was left of they're stations. A very fortunate man. Rest in peace..
As a young boy In England in 1943 I witnessed these gallant warriors take off on the bombing raids, and saw the badly damaged planes return. The attrition rate was terrible. We also loved it when the "Yanks as we called them gave us kids candy. We had a call to them " Any gum chum" We had the greatest respect for them. Brave men all of them. I still have a badge given to me "The 8th Army Air Corps. Salute from Britain,
Quite moving to me for my dad was a ball-turret gunner B-17 8th Army Air Corps 30 missions. He also had a mid air collision and was shot down over Belgium. He only talked about it a few times but was very emotional about his buddies that didn't make it home. He's been gone almost 20 yrs. now and i miss him everyday and watching your brave dad talk reminded me of the courage of these selfless men.
All the surviving soldiers from both sides had experienced things that we cannot even imagine. A girl that I had gone to school with had a father that had fought in WW2 in the ETO. I worked with him after graduation from school, and he became a good friend of mine. Sometimes he would tell me a little about his war experiences. When he passed away, I attended his funeral where I told them I had enjoyed working with him and loved the incite into the war he gave me by telling me his stories. He had never told any of his children or his wife anything of the war. Many of them just couldn't relive those experiences. They were far to painful for them to relive
An old girlfriend's father was a B-17 pilot during the war. The only crewmember he ever lost was the tail gunner. Thank you for your story of your grandfather...for future generations to remember and maybe understand.
Amazing. Thank you for recording this man's experience in WW2. I wish I could do the same for pilot 1st Lt Wally D'Aoust. I have the small parachute he dropped over my small town, before his squadron reported for duty with the 8th AAF in Maine, then on to their base in northern England by September, 1943. Ist Lt D'Aoust was later shot down in his B-24 Liberator while on a bombing run over Muenster, Germany, in early November of that year. Although his plane reportedly crashed just off the coast of Holland, his status and that of several of his 10 man crew are still classified as MIA.
Wow. What a great video and how honorable and brave he and the rest of his crew were. Thank you sir for your valuable service to our great nation and those of our allies.
Thank you for making this fantastic little film recording your Grandpa's wartime experience. I was very moved by his emotion whilst describing some of things that he witnessed. What a great testament to a brave man.
Thank you Suz for recording this story, we need more of these stories before they are lost forever. True history from the men who made history. I had an uncle who was a waist gunner on a 17 that went down over Berlin. I wish I could have known his stories but he never wanted to think about his time as a POW.
I've heard it said that when a plane returned from a mission, the pilot would often say I need fuel and a tail gunner. They lost a lot of tail gunners.
my father was a usmc veteran of the 1940 assault on east japan, ww2, korea, and vietnam. i'm a vet of vietnam, iran, grenada, and 21 years of the US Navy's roles ending in desert storm. yes, there were times when fear of it all just melted into resigning to I'm gonna die, and doing the job. but yeah: even landing from a ship i have kissed the ground, and looked up at the american flag and gotten tears in my eyes. thank you for a wonderful story, and god bless him.
Thank you for a fine film about a wonderful man and his compatriots. My father was a tank driver, which sounds safe, but they were big, easy to hit targets. Thankfully, he only suffered severe frostbite. My wife's dad was a waist gunner in the 8th Air Force. His experiences weighed heavily on him, and caused him to break down more than once in later years. At some point she discovered a half-sister, born out of wedlock in England before her dad met her mother in the US. I guess I'm a product of WW II as much as anything. The fathers never met, and are gone these several years, but they had one thing in common - they almost never spoke of the war. Thanks again, you made your grandfather proud, I'm sure.
I can't find the words. Your grandfather was a great and honorable man and the World is a lesser place without him in it. You have my condolences and i will keep him, you, and yours in my prayers. Thank you again.
Great video. Greatest respect, My Dad was RCAF Lancaster Tail Gunner 43 to 45. To be honest he didn't ever want to talk about it. Thank you for the video.
My father in-law was in Merrill's Marauders in Burma. Over many years he slowly opened up and told me stories of events he lived thru, it was hard for him to do like for your grandfather. This video reminded me of all the talks I had with Bruce. Thank you for this.
Heroic deeds like this were often done by the seemingly average guy next door., the top turrer gunner of the Memphis Belle was Harold Loch,,, he was a local guy,,the lead ship the day the belle made 25 was the Chief Sly.the top turret gunner was Norbert Dryja,,,great guy...he lived 15 miles from Harold...the 3rd sailor down the hatch of u505 when it was captured was also local... incredible story, thank you!
Thanks Suzy.❤ My grandfather was there same time. Also tailgunner on a Fortress. 729th squadron. All those men were just amazing to me. All veterans are, but I have a thing for what flight crews on B-17s and others went through. If you ever want to chat. Get back to me. Be safe.
What a man. These gentlemen were a breed apart. As a British person,we cannot underestimate, what these men did to help us win the fight. The hotel that Ken mentioned, The Palace Hotel, was in Birkdale, Southport. It opened in 1866 and was knocked down in 1969. It is about 18 Miles from Liverpool.
I should be very happy to translate into French this story that tells your grandfather. Maybe it would allow subtitles, so that more of my compatriots can know it? Thanks to him and so many others, from all countries.
I cried at the end. It’s not entirely comparable but my grandfather was a pow in a Korean War. And survived. A marine actually helped him escape. And he died when I was a young teenager. Probably like 11 or 13 years old. I miss him a lot. I loved hearing his stories about how he was in the navy and he loved showing off the photo of the ship that he was on. After he passed away I received a bunch of model wwII fighter planes that my grandfather sent to me before he passed because he knew I enjoyed wwii aviation. And I still have them today in my room to remember him by. he was my hero. He had many metals including a Purple Heart
Thank you for letting us hear your grandad's stories. It's so easy to forget these were very young men living across an ocean from their homes and families. Best wishes from England.
Most Americans have forgotten this history and care nothing about it. Seems it is only appreciated abroad. Americans too busy looking for chocolates and good times. But I have known some of these guys and won’t forget until I can’t remember any more.
My father was a Marine tail gunner in the S. Pacific, part of the crew on a P52. While it was considered one of the most lethal positions, he came home after 3yrs of direct action with little more than physical scratches. Emotionally - a different story. He refused to talk about his war until in terminal condition 2009...then gave me a box of pictures from S. Pacific even my mother didn't know about. Hand to hand combat with Japanese, when they didn't have time to get the planes off the ground, island by island assaults, and strafing runs at Japanese warships where they came in low then turned around and strafed again. It was a different generation, certainly the best generation.
Thank you so much ms. Suzy, extremely well done, respectful to our seniors, and at that age everyday another new ache and pain just gettin along, thank you for sharing so that we will not forget them and all those who suffered and lost in that terrible conflict, again thank you so much!
What a brave brave man....35;000 feet up in freezing conditions,oxygen mask,loud 4 massive engines roaring,alone at the rear,fighting for your life..with fighters coming in with large calibre rounds firing from everywhere ..just truly amazing courage. We can only imagine from the safety of our warm comfortable homes..what hero’s they really all are...such RESPECT...thank you..
Great contribution to your country sir. My barber was a waist gunner in a B 17. He did 15 missions but his scary memories that he told me were in London. lol
Yes my family were bombed out 3 times and we lost several members during the Blitz. I would like to say a big thank you to all US military personel from a Londoner.
"Courage isn't the absence of fear. It is being afraid and going anyway." Thank you for sharing this and bless those who served with the greatest generation.
The general perception about American servicemen in the UK is that they were brash, overpaid and overfed but when the chips are down, when you are facing extreme danger, none of that matters. This man faced the greatest dangers it is possible to face and somehow came out unscathed, something this current generation can barely conceive, let alone relate to. Practically everyone who testifies like this that I have seen, like this gentleman, is extremely humble and, even after all these years, grateful to be alive. What a great man. The greatest generation. By far...
He is all our hero's. Thank you so much for producing and sharing this intimate story, and recording a story so rarely spoken of. Seven decades later his pain is still there, brave then brave now, brave forever. Mr. Wolf, I salute you! I once had the privilege to fly in a B-24 cross country. It was a little over an hour in the middle of summer at 5000ft, not the 8 plus hour at 25~30,000 ft bombers would fly where the temperature is always below zero with barely enough oxygen to live. Even with this experience I still cannot imagine how difficult it was for the crew doing this over and over again, pushed to biological limits. What surprised me in your interview was the wooden wall behind Mr. Wolf, it was the same mold of wood paneling that was in the house I grew up in (built in 1947), and I also had the same plastic cherry cup. Thank you, both of you.
A moving and excellent documentary. You did him and all the other vets proud. Coincidentally I too was born on 12 April although about 25 years later. Also a RCAF veteran but my stories of the cold war pale to your granddad's.
A lot of men rise to an occasion screw up their courage and do something brave. These Bomber crews are something else, facing death every single mission. Day after bloody day fight their way in, fight their way out shocking casualty rate . thats heroism , not kicking a ball between two sticks
These old fellas stories are priceless, bomber command RAF and USAF lost a greater percentage of men than any other service relative to numbers serving. The RAF alone lost 55,543 killed in action out of a total of 125,000 aircrew (a 44.4 percent death rate) a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war. The USAF 8th lost 26,000 kia This is more than all Marine casualties in the Pacific. No wonder they called the European bombing campaign 'the trenches in the sky'
That was divine providence and socks saved your life ,so you could tell us ur amazing story,god bless you an all the other greatest generations,🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍
My grandpa flew 35 missions in the tail gunner position as well 15th Army Air Corps , stationed in Foggia Italy at Amendola Air Base , the Tuskeegee Air Men ( red tails ) were also stationed in Foggia & escorted my gramps squadron on a few of their bombing missions , my grampas bomber was named Boomerang because it always came back . . .Pure Luck
RIP old man. You did your duty and performed well. A salute from another vet. U.S. NAVY 29 DEC '73 > 28
Dec '77 (peacetime)
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All I can say is WOW! I could listen to this gentleman for hours. God bless you sir!
Thank you for your service, RIP Sgt. Wolf
THANK YOU, Sir, for your service. My won father flew one mission in a B-17, at the very end of the war. He had to replace the tail gunner that flight who became violently ill (booze, probably). Sat in vomit for several hours, never fired a shot. Dropped all their bombs in the Channel on the way home -- no place to target because of weather.
No, I don't have the numbers or bomb group ID, and he's gone, now. God bless all of them.
What a great bloke ..... And what stories!
RIP Mate .... You deserve it! 🙏😢🧡
Kenneth D Wolf was a courageous man. His service to his country will never be forgotten.
Here we go I'm crying like a baby!
Rest Easy Mr. Wolf.. You sir lived an honorable life. Thank you for your service and our freedoms.
Thank you for your service, Sir. Freedom is not free.
My dad was in the 8th; top turret gunner/engineer. Thank you for sharing your granddad’s memories.
god bless these men God bless them all
We owe a debt we can never repay, true hero.
May you fly high with your fellow comrades
Wee will NEVER forget what you guys did for us
Rest in peace fella x
Thank you for your service. And thank you for sharing. I'm some what of war buff. And from every one I spoke to, and all the after action reports, and journals I've read. The tail gunner and ball gunner were the 2 most fired upon stations when the main fuselage was targeted. And the German planes half way through the war were using at the SMALLEST 13mm MG 131 Heavy machines (bigger then the American 50.cal Heavy Machine Guns) 20mm MG/FF's, MG 151/20 and Mk 108 30mm light machine cannons they out ranged Mr. Wolf's Browning M2 50.cal Heavy Machine Guns. And, the ammunition (especially in the 30mm Auto Cannon) had explosive charges in them. Lots of the casualties had to be hosed out of they're, or what was left of they're stations. A very fortunate man. Rest in peace..
utmost respect to all of you, my generation were the lucky ones because of all those who served and died. god bless all of you.
As a young boy In England in 1943 I witnessed these gallant warriors take off on the bombing raids, and saw the badly damaged planes return. The attrition rate was terrible. We also loved it when the "Yanks as we called them gave us kids candy. We had a call to them " Any gum chum" We had the greatest respect for them. Brave men all of them. I still have a badge given to me "The 8th Army Air Corps.
Salute from Britain,
Quite moving to me for my dad was a ball-turret gunner B-17 8th Army Air Corps 30 missions. He also had a mid air collision and was shot down over Belgium. He only talked about it a few times but was very emotional about his buddies that didn't make it home. He's been gone almost 20 yrs. now and i miss him everyday and watching your brave dad talk reminded me of the courage of these selfless men.
All the surviving soldiers from both sides had experienced things that we cannot even imagine. A girl that I had gone to school with had a father that had fought in WW2 in the ETO. I worked with him after graduation from school, and he became a good friend of mine. Sometimes he would tell me a little about his war experiences. When he passed away, I attended his funeral where I told them I had enjoyed working with him and loved the incite into the war he gave me by telling me his stories. He had never told any of his children or his wife anything of the war. Many of them just couldn't relive those experiences. They were far to painful for them to relive
Awesome recollection of WW2. My dad served in the Pacific in the USN.. he told many stories.
It is so important that this video is seen. Thanks to however took the time to make it and share it. This in itself is a great service , thank you,.,
You can see at times how hard it was to share this story for Mr. Wolf. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your courage and bravery.
I am so glad that he told this true story, and I got to hear it. This generation is all heroes.
I love this story! Everyone should watch it!
An old girlfriend's father was a B-17 pilot during the war. The only crewmember he ever lost was the tail gunner. Thank you for your story of your grandfather...for future generations to remember and maybe understand.
Amazing. Thank you for recording this man's experience in WW2. I wish I could do the same for pilot 1st Lt Wally D'Aoust. I have the small parachute he dropped over my small town, before his squadron reported for duty with the 8th AAF in Maine, then on to their base in northern England by September, 1943. Ist Lt D'Aoust was later shot down in his B-24 Liberator while on a bombing run over Muenster, Germany, in early November of that year. Although his plane reportedly crashed just off the coast of Holland, his status and that of several of his 10 man crew are still classified as MIA.
Wow. What a great video and how honorable and brave he and the rest of his crew were. Thank you sir for your valuable service to our great nation and those of our allies.
What an impressive gesture of love for Mister Wolf and a gift for those who appreciate his generation.
Thank you for making this fantastic little film recording your Grandpa's wartime experience. I was very moved by his emotion whilst describing some of things that he witnessed. What a great testament to a brave man.
hello from England. thank you sir and all your comrades who fought so that my generation could be here.
Thank you Suz for recording this story, we need more of these stories before they are lost forever. True history from the men who made history. I had an uncle who was a waist gunner on a 17 that went down over Berlin. I wish I could have known his stories but he never wanted to think about his time as a POW.
I've heard it said that when a plane returned from a mission, the pilot would often say I need fuel and a tail gunner. They lost a lot of tail gunners.
Thank you for sharing. A blessing.
full respect and god bless you... Ken... thanks for the memories... and your contribution to the war...
my father was a usmc veteran of the 1940 assault on east japan, ww2, korea, and vietnam. i'm a vet of vietnam, iran, grenada, and 21 years of the US Navy's roles ending in desert storm. yes, there were times when fear of it all just melted into resigning to I'm gonna die, and doing the job. but yeah: even landing from a ship i have kissed the ground, and looked up at the american flag and gotten tears in my eyes. thank you for a wonderful story, and god bless him.
Thanks for sharing this real life story of a true American hero !
God Bless and than you for your service! My dad has the same clocks chimming in the background, they are alone and so am i.
Outstanding. Thank you for capturing this man's story and sharing it with us.
Thank you for a fine film about a wonderful man and his compatriots. My father was a tank driver, which sounds safe, but they were big, easy to hit targets. Thankfully, he only suffered severe frostbite. My wife's dad was a waist gunner in the 8th Air Force. His experiences weighed heavily on him, and caused him to break down more than once in later years. At some point she discovered a half-sister, born out of wedlock in England before her dad met her mother in the US. I guess I'm a product of WW II as much as anything. The fathers never met, and are gone these several years, but they had one thing in common - they almost never spoke of the war. Thanks again, you made your grandfather proud, I'm sure.
When men were men
Thank you for taking the time to put this video together. The greatest generation will live on forever.
Thank you sir for your selfless service to our country...your part of the greatest generation
I can't find the words. Your grandfather was a great and honorable man and the World is a lesser place without him in it. You have my condolences and i will keep him, you, and yours in my prayers. Thank you again.
Amen.
I was born in 1946. Baby boomer year 1. I own my life to men and women like Mr. Wolf. Thank you for sharing his courageous story!
Great video. Greatest respect, My Dad was RCAF Lancaster Tail Gunner 43 to 45. To be honest he didn't ever want to talk about it. Thank you for the video.
My father in-law was in Merrill's Marauders in Burma. Over many years he slowly opened up and told me stories of events he lived thru, it was hard for him to do like for your grandfather. This video reminded me of all the talks I had with Bruce. Thank you for this.
Heroic deeds like this were often done by the seemingly average guy next door., the top turrer gunner of the Memphis Belle was Harold Loch,,, he was a local guy,,the lead ship the day the belle made 25 was the Chief Sly.the top turret gunner was Norbert Dryja,,,great guy...he lived 15 miles from Harold...the 3rd sailor down the hatch of u505 when it was captured was also local... incredible story, thank you!
Flight leader Fritz Wolfe of the Flying tigers was also local
God bless you, sir! And your missing crew members and all the brave warriors who I thank for my freedom!
Thanks Suzy.❤ My grandfather was there same time. Also tailgunner on a Fortress. 729th squadron. All those men were just amazing to me. All veterans are, but I have a thing for what flight crews on B-17s and others went through. If you ever want to chat. Get back to me. Be safe.
I never was in the armed serviced but God bless all who were and liv d through it and those who gave t he ultimate price
great tribute to a great man, hubby, dad, grandpa .....a citizen soldier....our fathers who went to war...they made us proud of them
What a man. These gentlemen were a breed apart. As a British person,we cannot underestimate, what these men did to help us win the fight. The hotel that Ken mentioned, The Palace Hotel, was in Birkdale, Southport. It opened in 1866 and was knocked down in 1969. It is about 18 Miles from Liverpool.
I should be very happy to translate into French this story that tells your grandfather. Maybe it would allow subtitles, so that more of my compatriots can know it?
Thanks to him and so many others, from all countries.
I cried at the end. It’s not entirely comparable but my grandfather was a pow in a Korean War. And survived. A marine actually helped him escape. And he died when I was a young teenager. Probably like 11 or 13 years old. I miss him a lot. I loved hearing his stories about how he was in the navy and he loved showing off the photo of the ship that he was on. After he passed away I received a bunch of model wwII fighter planes that my grandfather sent to me before he passed because he knew I enjoyed wwii aviation. And I still have them today in my room to remember him by. he was my hero.
He had many metals including a Purple Heart
Thank you for sharing this. I recently lost my Uncle.
He was at Chosun Resivoiur in Korea. Sadly missed.
My great uncle was a tail gunner in 1943 on air craft 42-30004, 534th Bombardment S/Sgt Thomas G. Scott
Thank you for letting us hear your grandad's stories. It's so easy to forget these were very young men living across an ocean from their homes and families. Best wishes from England.
Most Americans have forgotten this history and care nothing about it. Seems it is only appreciated abroad. Americans too busy looking for chocolates and good times. But I have known some of these guys and won’t forget until I can’t remember any more.
thank you for telling his story. Clear Skies Airman Wolf.
My father was a Marine tail gunner in the S. Pacific, part of the crew on a P52. While it was considered one of the most lethal positions, he came home after 3yrs of direct action with little more than physical scratches. Emotionally - a different story. He refused to talk about his war until in terminal condition 2009...then gave me a box of pictures from S. Pacific even my mother didn't know about. Hand to hand combat with Japanese, when they didn't have time to get the planes off the ground, island by island assaults, and strafing runs at Japanese warships where they came in low then turned around and strafed again. It was a different generation, certainly the best generation.
Thank you so much ms. Suzy, extremely well done, respectful to our seniors, and at that age everyday another new ache and pain just gettin along, thank you for sharing so that we will not forget them and all those who suffered and lost in that terrible conflict, again thank you so much!
Thank you for this priceless footage!
What a brave brave man....35;000 feet up in freezing conditions,oxygen mask,loud 4 massive engines roaring,alone at the rear,fighting for your life..with fighters coming in with large calibre rounds firing from everywhere ..just truly amazing courage. We can only imagine from the safety of our warm comfortable homes..what hero’s they really all are...such RESPECT...thank you..
Thankyou Sir. and god bless you
I was born exactly twenty years later to the day of his marriage.
Happy birthday and anniversary to us! My grandfather served in Italy.
American Hero.
We praise God for this man
Great contribution to your country sir. My barber was a waist gunner in a B 17. He did 15 missions but his scary memories that he told me were in London. lol
Yes my family were bombed out 3 times and we lost several members during the Blitz. I would like to say a big thank you to all US military personel from a Londoner.
"Courage isn't the absence of fear. It is being afraid and going anyway." Thank you for sharing this and bless those who served with the greatest generation.
The general perception about American servicemen in the UK is that they were brash, overpaid and overfed but when the chips are down, when you are facing extreme danger, none of that matters. This man faced the greatest dangers it is possible to face and somehow came out unscathed, something this current generation can barely conceive, let alone relate to. Practically everyone who testifies like this that I have seen, like this gentleman, is extremely humble and, even after all these years, grateful to be alive. What a great man. The greatest generation. By far...
An amazing story ,thank you for telling us .We owe you and your generation so much .R.I.P. Kenneth sir.
If he's still with us please thank him for his service for me. Tremendous respect for men like him and what they were willing to do for us.
He is all our hero's.
Thank you so much for producing and sharing this intimate story, and recording a story so rarely spoken of. Seven decades later his pain is still there, brave then brave now, brave forever.
Mr. Wolf, I salute you!
I once had the privilege to fly in a B-24 cross country. It was a little over an hour in the middle of summer at 5000ft, not the 8 plus hour at 25~30,000 ft bombers would fly where the temperature is always below zero with barely enough oxygen to live. Even with this experience I still cannot imagine how difficult it was for the crew doing this over and over again, pushed to biological limits.
What surprised me in your interview was the wooden wall behind Mr. Wolf, it was the same mold of wood paneling that was in the house I grew up in (built in 1947), and I also had the same plastic cherry cup.
Thank you, both of you.
Bloody marvelous!!...thank you Sir .you are a star......who the hell gave it thumbs down.you should be ashamed 😡
They are probably Nazi sympathizers unfortunately.
What a hero. Those were some incredible stories. 👏🏼
I enjoyed his tales of flying in a bomber
That's true heroism.
The greatest generation. RIP sir.
Thank you for your service sir.
i was 1y then 4f for service during vietnam. thank you for yourservice
Thank you for sharing, I'd have loved to have had the chance to share a beer with him. Rest in peace Mr. Wolf. You earned it.
Men back then were a different breed. Americans now don’t know what sacrifices and courage it took to ensure the freedoms we have
Bless you sir
legend
This is amazing! Thanks for sharing this brave hero's story. 🇺🇸
Absolutly amazing. Thank you, thank you for sharing.
Wish I`d recorded my grandfathers stories of WW2.
Truly awesome story,I'm so sorry for your loss, your grandfather was a true hero--respect
God bless you sir
A moving and excellent documentary. You did him and all the other vets proud.
Coincidentally I too was born on 12 April although about 25 years later. Also a RCAF veteran but my stories of the cold war pale to your granddad's.
Thank you for sharing this amazing video. I am a baby boomer. Every adult male I knew growing up was a veteran of WWII or the Korean War.
Thank you for your service Kenneth..
Rest Easy warrior.Mr Wolf we owe you and many more so much.Salute.
A lot of men rise to an occasion screw up their courage and do something brave. These Bomber crews are something else, facing death every single mission. Day after bloody day fight their way in, fight their way out shocking casualty rate . thats heroism , not kicking a ball between two sticks
These old fellas stories are priceless, bomber command RAF and USAF lost a greater percentage of men than any other service relative to numbers serving. The RAF alone lost 55,543 killed in action out of a total of 125,000 aircrew (a 44.4 percent death rate) a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war. The USAF 8th lost 26,000 kia This is more than all Marine casualties in the Pacific. No wonder they called the European bombing campaign 'the trenches in the sky'
Hello sir. from Australia. Thanks for your service.
I take my hat off to those guys who manned the tail guns of the bombers because most did not survived the war...
Thank you for all you done. With love from England
Wow what an incredible amazing story
That was divine providence and socks saved your life ,so you could tell us ur amazing story,god bless you an all the other greatest generations,🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍
I salute you, Sir, and your valiant crew. RIP.
My grandpa flew 35 missions in the tail gunner position as well 15th Army Air Corps , stationed in Foggia Italy at Amendola Air Base , the Tuskeegee Air Men ( red tails ) were also stationed in Foggia & escorted my gramps squadron on a few of their bombing missions , my grampas bomber was named Boomerang because it always came back . . .Pure Luck
Wonderful story, thank you for your service.
Thank you.
Thank you for posting this. Immensely interesting and quite the tribute to all of these men.
They were truly the Greatest Generation. God Bless them all.