Great show and would like to have a few more episodes…. But great show…

Thanks for covering this!

Look forward to it.

Said in town, going to a bar… (air men got double pay vs infantry) and if an air raid happening, police would demand all off the streets but if they saw your wings (as an airman) they felt sorry for them for the very high loss rate and let them go. He said we knew we had a slim chance to make it to the end so we lived life intensely.

Did not shoot at you so do not shoot at them. Said safest place in plane was ball gunner. Thick plexiglas and strong Aluminum shell. Said every airman got 20 gold Sovereign coins per flight if flying over hostile land… to bribe if shot down… but had to turn them in after each flight. Said if in Germany, surrender to police, Luffa or regular soldiers only. Stay away from SS, Hitler Youth or civilians… they might kill you on the spot.

Small opening at their feet. The B17 is very small inside and the radio/navigator had a good seat. Wires all over the place, pull one and the plane turns. I meet a real ball gunner veteran in in 2000… said smallest guy got the ball gunner position. Said he shot at planes shooting at him. “Angles” or “friendlies”

I flew on the B-17 that crashed in 2019, killing 5. I flew in SF Bay Area in 2018… paid $550. I got sooooooo air sick that I vomited and vomited and looked like a ghost for the hours after I landed. We flew for 30 minutes… too hatch open, very very windy but the fuel smell just made me sick. You have to walk down the narrow bomb bay (the doors will open if you fall… designed to let a 200 pound bomb fall out if detached during flight). You then slide below the pilots throw a. A small🚀