Hunting Bombers

Just a few more things to add. As far as the movie Memphis Belle goes, I went to see it on opening night here in Asheville,NC. The movie was late starting, by almost 30 minutes....and the lights came up and a few people are walking towards the front of the theater. One of them was Col. Robert Morgan! He talked for about 15 minutes, about the plane, the crew, the war, and how the plane was named. He then thanked everyone for coming to the movie, and told us to keep in mind that everything portrayed in the movie actually happened to him and his crew. He said also keep in mind, that unlike the movie....it all didn't happen on one mission! He said "If it had all happened in one mission, I would have died of a heart attack when I was 21 years old!"

The other thing I just remembered while reading the comments on this thread is about a B-24. Ten or twelve years ago, The Confederate Air Force had a few planes here at Asheville Airport. I paid my money and went to look at the planes. I was inside the B-24 and was trying my damndest to get up into the top turret, just to get an idea of the view my Dad had during the war. I couldn't twist and wiggle into any position to where I could get far enough up in it to see. These 2 old guys in their late 70's were watching me, and laughing at me cussing trying to make it up there. One of them finally said "Son, what the hell are you doing?" I told him I was trying to get up there because my Dad was the top turret gunner on B-24's named "Sandy"and "Iron ***" They turned and looked at each other and kind of chuckled. I looked at them and said "WHAT?" in a rather perturbed tone. One of the old men asked me "Son, how big of a man was your Daddy? I answered that he was about 5' 6" tall and maybe 135 lbs. They both just looked at me, and one just gestured towards me and raised his eyebrows. Then it hit me why I couldn't get up there. I'm 6' tall 220 lbs! The old man just said. "Son, the little fellars got all the **** jobs like that!" I stood and talked to them for an hour or so, and listened to their stories. Great old dudes that I lucked into meeting.:prayer: