I'm Off to War, Mother, But I'll Be Back: Reflections of a WWII Tail Gunner

Several planes were smoking. I saw a plane from one of the groups take a direct hit, and go down. I saw no parachutes. I was trying to make myself as small as possible. My steel helmet was pulled down over most of my face. I couldn't see much, but I didn't have to worry about the Germans in all this flak. I had a flak vest under my seat and my legs were pulled up and tight under my body. This was not the way I intended to spend my birthday. -Wayne Whiting, Tail Gunner-

What I love about this book is that it's the story of the average airman. Everything is accurate. There were so many of us who shared these same experiences, wrote those same letters and made those same promises to our families. It's my story, too. It's a marvelous book! --Bill Williams, Ball Gunner, 828th Bomb Sqdn.