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COMBAT STORIES FROM World War II

Jack Buckner | 347th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bomb Group - Army Air Corps

4:43   |   B-17 bombardier Jack Buckner recalls a couple of memorable missions and explains the tactic of group bombing, which requires all the bombers in a formation to release on the signal of the lead plane. Once he missed a target he really wanted to hit, a large warship, when the squadron commander insisted he could fly better than the autopilot. He also got credit for downing German fighters while acting as a gunner.

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