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McCoy 03 · 04-04-2003, 12:29 AM

My grandpa was a flight engineer on a B-29 over Japan, and my great uncle was a tailgunner in a B-17, he qualified for pilot, but they wouldn't let him due to his color blindness, which doesn't make sense, then why would they let him gun, unless he had a certain color blindness, different colors. Well, the B-17 got shot down, over Germany, I believe, not sure, the crew wasn't found till sometime after the war ended.

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McCoy 03 is Offline Senior Member Posts: 870 Join Date: Jan 2002	04-04-2003, 12:29 AM My grandpa was a flight engineer on a B-29 over Japan, and my great uncle was a tailgunner in a B-17, he qualified for pilot, but they wouldn't let him due to his color blindness, which doesn't make sense, then why would they let him gun, unless he had a certain color blindness, different colors. Well, the B-17 got shot down, over Germany, I believe, not sure, the crew wasn't found till sometime after the war ended.