“If I ever see or hear of you shooting at a man in a parachute, I will shoot you myself.”
Those were the words that came to Franz Stigler’s mind when he saw the badly damaged B-17 that was somehow still flying. To him, that plane limping back to England with its wounded crew was the same as a parachute. This story was kept classified for the remainder of the war and only came to light when the two pilots managed to find each other again in 1990.
Jason L
Beautiful story!
theresa m
Humanity at its best. Gosh, we need that right now!
Kevin C
That is awesome, saw a documentary with those two talking about that indecent. That was back when the United States could still build a nearly indestructible plane. You should read up on some of the stories of the B17, B25 and B29 bombers and the conditions they made the return flights in. This isn’t the only really incredible story out there.
Sharon H
Awesome!