I Wanted Wings: A Tail Gunner's Story

As a 10—year—old kid, I thought my Dad’s stories of his adventures in WWII were as good as the tales of Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and the Lone Ranger. A tail gunner on a bomber, he bailed from a burning plane, survived life on the run behind enemy lines, was captured by the Nazis (whoever they were) and then, to top it all off, he survived life in a prison camp. All of that was rather heady for a kid with an over—worked imagination. Seven or eight years ago, my Dad asked me if I would be...