Pilot of B-17 'Skinny' flew 20 missions until wounded in action in Aug '44. A barrage of flak while heading home after a mission hit 'Skinny', peppering the aircraft from stem to stern. One heavy burst shattered the pilot's side window, hitting Bob Maag on the left side of the head and wounding the engineer in the leg. My father lost an eye and was bleeding badly. The navigator & Bombardier managed to get him into the nose of the aircraft and applied first aid while the copilot flew the aircraft back to base



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