Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
3:09 | During a return flight to England, after a long bombing run, another bomber in the formation forces Kirk's plane to make a sudden dive toward the English Channel.
Keywords : parachute gunner formation radio waist gunner
During a return flight to England, after a long bombing run, another bomber in the formation forces Kirk's plane to make a sudden dive toward the English Channel.
During a nine hour plus bombing mission, over ten bombers were lost as German fighter planes attacked the formation. Kirk describes witnessing planes falling from the sky.
A 20mm round from a German fighter lodges in Kirk's bomber wing, but is only discovered after the bomber lands in England.
