Lost my grandfather in 2008. He, too was suffering memory loss. He was a Flight Engineer on a B-24 in the MTO (Italy). They were true heroes. It took real courage to get into one of those planes knowing the odds were against you making it back alive. The stories those men have are inspi...
@raf1231D Actually, there are only 10 crew standard on a B-24 (4 officers & 6 enlisted): Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Bombardier, Flight Engineer/Top Turret, Nose Gunner, Ball (belly) Turret, Tail Gunner, and 2 Waist Gunners. On occasion, additional officers would ride along for inspection purpo...
Lost my grandfather in 2008. He, too was suffering memory loss. He was a Flight Engineer on a B-24 in the MTO (Italy). They were true heroes. It took real courage to get into one of those planes knowing the odds were against you making it back alive. The stories those men have are inspi...