13.05.2009, 06:09
I read a story called 'Touching the Face of God', a semi-fictional account of a bomber crew thru their tour of duty. The author I believe was either bomber pilot or sun of a bomber pilot. Sure its semi-fictional, but the accounts of what goes on up there are great, especially during their last mission.
They got the hell beaten out of them, an engine out, losing fuel, very little of their controls surfaces left. When they landed, the ground crew reported that all their control lines had been severed by a 20mm round, possibly over Germany. They had no idea how they got their aircraft back!! Possibly one or two strands of wire held together til they got home!
Worth a read, also talks about Tuskagee airmen
They got the hell beaten out of them, an engine out, losing fuel, very little of their controls surfaces left. When they landed, the ground crew reported that all their control lines had been severed by a 20mm round, possibly over Germany. They had no idea how they got their aircraft back!! Possibly one or two strands of wire held together til they got home!
Worth a read, also talks about Tuskagee airmen