Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF.



Some of George Cuda's memoirs can be found here:



http://www.station131.co.uk/Memories.htm



An extract:



'There was no such thing as regular hours for a B-17 ground crew; you worked until your plane was fit to fly and often you could only eat and catch a little sleep while it was out on a mission. You knew that a lot of guys' lives might depend on how well you did your job; if the plane never came back you didn't want to feel it might be because of something you hadn't done. I'd say the mechanics in my outfit were a dedicated bunch; they knew the dangers the flyers faced and saw to it that the B-17s were in good shape.'