tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324176019881275668.post3369306244312252450..comments2023-11-03T06:19:27.550-07:00Comments on Remembering World War Two Airmen: Flak!r morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147514874434254047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324176019881275668.post-64737241882944344112007-07-03T20:08:00.000-07:002007-07-03T20:08:00.000-07:00Very nasty stuff, indeed.As the Air Corps fliers u...Very nasty stuff, indeed.<BR/>As the Air Corps fliers used to say, it's the flak you don't see that gets you.r morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147514874434254047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324176019881275668.post-28823769100891307432007-07-02T14:53:00.000-07:002007-07-02T14:53:00.000-07:00My grandfather saved a small but deadly looking pi...My grandfather saved a small but deadly looking piece of flak too. Flak is what caused his crew's plane: "The Yankee Wahine" to go down on July 29th, 1944 when another crew was flying her. According to the book "Century Bombers" the B-17 exploded just seconds after the last man to leave the aircraft, the pilot: Robert Schomp, got out. The mission was over Merseburg and the explosion happened almost right over the target. All 9 crew members survived and were taken POW, one was shot in the leg. My grandfather was on the same plane, also over Merseburg, the day before. How lucky he was to have completed all 33 missions without injury.<BR/><BR/>http://www.100thbg.com/mainpages/crews/crews4/schomp.htmUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132499731505759149noreply@blogger.com