Post by floydragsdale on Jul 14, 2014 19:44:19 GMT -5
Our Air Force Bombers and German 88 anti-air craft missals created a breath taking display one day in the sky over the front lines.
American B 17 Bombers were flying at an altitude of about thirty-thousand feet and they left a vapor trail in the sky as did the P51 fighter planes that escorted them in flight.
German 88 anti-aircraft fire dotted the sky around the American planes with plumes of black smoke when they exploded.
It appeared as though someone with a big fly-swatter was swatting some of the planes out of the heavens. A wing fell off, a tail section fell off, a plane broke in two smack in the middle.
We looked to see how many crewmembers were able to get out as the planes spiraled earthward. The B-17s exploded in a ball of fire when they crashed into the ground.
Some of the airmen struggled to coax their parachutes to drift toward the American lines.
Finally, there was a race between American Soldiers and the Germans to see who pick the crew members up.
American Soldiers rescued some of the Airmen and German Soldiers took some as P.O.W’s.
When the spectacle was over, all of us went back our usual occupation of fighting the war.
To this day, I can visualize that entire episode in my mind.
Floyd
424th Regiment
American B 17 Bombers were flying at an altitude of about thirty-thousand feet and they left a vapor trail in the sky as did the P51 fighter planes that escorted them in flight.
German 88 anti-aircraft fire dotted the sky around the American planes with plumes of black smoke when they exploded.
It appeared as though someone with a big fly-swatter was swatting some of the planes out of the heavens. A wing fell off, a tail section fell off, a plane broke in two smack in the middle.
We looked to see how many crewmembers were able to get out as the planes spiraled earthward. The B-17s exploded in a ball of fire when they crashed into the ground.
Some of the airmen struggled to coax their parachutes to drift toward the American lines.
Finally, there was a race between American Soldiers and the Germans to see who pick the crew members up.
American Soldiers rescued some of the Airmen and German Soldiers took some as P.O.W’s.
When the spectacle was over, all of us went back our usual occupation of fighting the war.
To this day, I can visualize that entire episode in my mind.
Floyd
424th Regiment
