{"id":485,"date":"2016-12-16T14:13:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T14:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=485"},"modified":"2017-04-06T17:39:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T16:39:24","slug":"amazing-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=485","title":{"rendered":"An amazing story from WW2."},"content":{"rendered":"

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So they’re not all bad… \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

WW2 German Ace Stumbled Across a Crippled B-17 and Escorted It Home<\/p>\n

Excerpt from the story… “The Christmas Truce of WWII was an excellent example of such humanity, as were the heroic actions of German Luftwaffe fighter pilot Franz Stigler on December 20th, 1943. His actions got nine men home for Christmas. Charlie Brown of the USAAF was a Lt. flying his first mission as an aircraft commander flying a B-17, \u201cYe Olde Pub\u201d on a bombing run over Bremen. Brown\u2019s bomber occupied the especially dangerous left of the formation, sometimes called the Purple Heart Corner. Bremen was defended by a large contingent of fighters and well-manned flak guns. Two B-17s were quickly struck by heavy flak, and many went down. Brown\u2019s bomber was hit at least once in the left wing. The crew had to shut down an engine which took them out of the formation. Soon they were met by about eight enemy fighters. The B-17 was sometimes referred to as the flying porcupine and Ye Olde Pub sure lived up to The name. the gunners took out at least one of the fighters and as many as three, all on their own. The remaining fighters were still able to take the fight to the bomber, however, and bullets tore through Ye Olde Pub.”… \u00a0Read more at War History Online<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

(Source: War History Online)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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