Through These Eyes: A World War II Eighth Air Force Combat Diary

This is the story of Eighth Air Force bombing missions leaving England to blast targets in Hitler"s Third Reich in 1944-45. Each clear day, the skies filled with hundreds of B17 Flying Fortress bombers and their escorts crossing the English Channel toward enemy targets protected by anti-aircraft batteries and German fighters waiting to attack the heavy bombers.

The skies over the target were filled with black flak appearing to be so thick you could walk on it! The exploding shells filled th...