WOW - B-17

[Scud]

I read a book years ago that had tons of stories like that one. The most memorable one, for me, was a story a tail gunner told. His B17 had been badly hit and was in a horrific spin that was preventing him from putting on his chute and bailing out. Periodically, on the way down, he'd feel the plane leveling out, he'd try to put his chute on again, but then the plane would go back into a spin. Finally, just before hitting the ground, he felt everything level off and the plane crash landed. Upon exiting the tail he found there was no plane. The tail had been shot off the plane completely and he had ridden the tail all the way down.

Pretty sure this was the book, but I read it years ago. Tons of great stories: http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conserv...03932.html

Dave