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Old Jul 27, 2023 | 9:41 am
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I suppose this picture qualifies for this thread, although it's not a view I suspect any of us would like to have. My father took this from his navigator's seat (and bubble) on his B-17 over Germany while his group was under attack from the Luftwaffe. He survived his 25-mission requirement (more like 40, he said) with only one Purple Heart. He was lucky; more fliers from the US 8th Air Force died in WW2 than the entire US Marine Corps in both theaters.

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