Posted on Mar 27, 2022
“Flak Was Our Worst Enemy”: Wilbur Bowers' Air War Over Europe
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“Flak Was Our Worst Enemy”: Wilbur Bowers' Air War Over Europe
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Europe
WWII World War Two
Aviation
Gunner
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Great post MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. had a friend of the family who was a waist gunner on a B-17, flew his 30 missions with 2 purple hearts and one bomber badly shot up and barely made it back to England. He told some harrowing stories about those bombing missions.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
Nope. It's very difficult. But, like the man said, he may have spent 10 hours going through hell, but at least he had hot chow, a warm bed, and frequent passes to London . . .
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My Dad was a waist gunner in WWII, 8th Army Air Corps, 100th Heavy bomber group.
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LTC John Mohor
SGT Michael Sayles I certainly hope you’ve visited the 8th Air Force Museum in Pooler, GA ( Savannah area) just off I-95. They honor your Dad and the rest of the 8th Air Forces Airmen well! Thanks for both you and your Dad’s service!
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Sgt Michael Sayles
LTC John Mohor Yes sir I have, while my dad was still with me. We also did a walk through a B17 of the Confederate Air Force I bought us tickets for a 15 min flight but at the last minute he refused to go, said the tickets were too expensive ($300 ea) but I think it may have been old memories since as soon as they started the engines to warm them up he wanted to leave immediatly.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
Sgt Michael Sayles How sad! I can certainly understand his reaction, though. The 100th BG suffered excruciatingly high losses and was known as the "Bloody Hundredth"!
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