bw79st wrote:
My stepfather flew 29 missions as a waist gunner in B-24 Liberators with the 506th Sq 44 Bomb Group, The Flying Eightballs.
Here is his diary entry for March 18, 1944
We just got into enemy territory when the tail gunner reported the colliding of two "Libs" in a formation far to the rear, both went down in flames. It wasn't a good start, anyway we kept on to the target with no opposition..
What a great post! I appreciate this is a photography forum, but what you have posted is pure history. Paints a picture of just how grim things were in those days. We owe so much to the allied personnel of that era. Doubtful if many of today's generation have any concept of the sacrifices made.