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Grandfather on dad's side: Engineer and top turret gunner on a b-17 bomber that completed it's 25 missions in France and returned home. He died from inhaling the fumes from a fluid they used to clean the engines out.

Step grandfather: b-17 also. I think he was either a ball turret gunner or a waist gunner, I'm not sure. He was in Italy. Still alive.

Interesting story with my grandfather, he took his vest off of himself and incidentally it landed on his foot, later a piece of flak ripped through the flooring and imbedded itself in the flak vest. If the vest hadn't been there he probably would have to have it amputated, for he said the piece of flak was very large.