Всё
← Back to Squawk list
My B-17 crew survived Nazi-occupied France in World War II. Now I'm the last man standing.
My B-17 crew was shot down on a bombing mission to Germany. We had no idea what lay ahead of us in Nazi-occupied France and what we would later endure. (www.usatoday.com) Ещё...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
19 "downvotes"? How can anyone vote this man's experiences down? What a pity.
Great article, my heart goes to all participants in real time event and also in the restoration. Thank you for sharing with us. While reading I felt like I was watching a movie. Very moving.
I just finished the book and found it quite interesting. The writing wasn’t the best but the story made up for this. Recommend the book. I found the book by reading an earlier post on FA..
The tumult and the shouting have died away. The B-17’s and B-24’s will never again assemble into strike formation in the bitter cold of embattled skies. Never again will the musical thunder of their passage cause the very earth to tremble, the source of sound lost in infinity and seeming to emanate from all things, visible and invisible. The great deep-throated engines are forever silent, replaced by the flat, toneless roar of the jets and the rockets. But, on bleak and lonely winter nights in the English Midlands, ghost squadrons take off silently in the swirling mist of the North Sea from the ancient week-choked runways, and wing away toward the east, never to return. On other nights the deserted woodlands ring with unheard laughter and gay voices of young men and young women who once passed that way. Recollections of all these fade a little with each passing year until at last there will finally remain only the indelible records of the all-seeing Master of the Universe to recall the deeds of valor excelled by no other nation, arm, or service. These sacred scrolls will forever remain the heritage of the free and untrampled people of this earth.
Col. Bud Peasley, C.O. 384th BG (H), 8th Air Force
Col. Bud Peasley, C.O. 384th BG (H), 8th Air Force
Thank you for your service. Just had a ride in the B-17 a week ago.
https://www.b17texasraiders.org/
https://www.b17texasraiders.org/
These guys fought for freedom of expression, including the right to "take a knee," to protest civil injustice.