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Default 02-09-2005, 06:55 AM

My Grandfather was a waist-gunner in a B-17, and did missions through southern africa, Sicily, Italy, and Germany. He was absoloutly positive that he shot down at least 8 enemy Messerschmidts. His only near-fatal experience was when a piece of flak shot through the under-belly of the plane, and lodged itsself in his Flak vest. He died about 4-5 years after the war from Cancer. Most definately because he worked on plane engines with chemicals.



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