Someone else who can produce heart stopping stories! And a perfect landing!!
Thanks Fred, I think we're all relieved that you and your crew all made it!! That's what we now find so amazing. Day after day and night after night, thousands of young men climbed into their aircraft never knowing what might happen in the next few hours, yet they still did it. Not only flak, fighters, collision, bad weather, faulty engines or equipment, wounded or dead crew and even on practice flights, Fate could still bite you!
With aircraft production 24/7 I suppose quality control can't be perfect. The surprise is that so many aircraft, bombers, fighters etc were being produced at fantastic rates and that superiority was being gained.
That's why these memories are so important. To lose them without record is a dis-service to all those brave lads who never had the chance to tell their stories. We have to have them to ensure we never forget what they did for us.