FALLEN FORTRESS: A TRUE STORY OF THE TRAINING AND SURVIVAL OF A DOWNED B-17 PILOT

On April 27th, 1944, an 8th Air Force B-17 piloted by Lt. Winans Cornell Shaddix was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Belgium. Shaddix and his crew bailed out of their crippled bomber and Shaddix alone was able to elude capture by the German Army. The rest of his crew spent the war in German POW camps. Shaddix was hidden and protected by the Belgian underground who passed him along from family to family. While trying to make his way to neutral Spain along with another downed pilot, Shaddix wa...