B-17 Navigator Recalls Bombing Berlin on D-Day and 30 Bombing Missions over Europe 

Lots of interviews from 390th bomber grp. A time to remember. I've listened to about 100 interviews. My dad was on a B 24 8th Air force.

I second this

Man I hear you. I would do the same with my uncles that made it home ask them questions. I never did. I only seen them sparingly I was to young 😢

Mine was a pilot out of the 8th Air Force as well on a B-17. Was he based out of Kimbolton?

Under Doolittle that’s neat!

The best of the united states

30 missions is SO MUCH MORE than most people can imagine, not even in their scariest nightmares. Hats off to your Great Grandfather Fred Wilson!! Speaking of hats, I would love to have one like the hero being interviewed.

@@robstaaass Every member of the Mighty Eighth is/was a national hero in my book, air crews and ground crews alike. But especially the air crews. The utmost of respect to your great grandfather.

You can become a pilot with good hands and muscle memory. To become a Navigator, you have to use applied mathematics to resolve complex navigational problems that occur.

@@jamesburns2232 Lol yeah, my best friend at VAQ-33 in Key West was a navigator, and he was a whip in mathematics. I was just impressed with Bolino's methods. :)

They saved nothing. The world is just as evil as it ever was, but now more people speak English and less people live. Don't delude yourself. You were lied to and these guys sacrificed everything for propaganda.

He was a national hero. It is beyond argument that without the missions of the Mighty Eighth the Allies would not have defeated the filthy scumbag nazis.

Can

@@angigriffin3392 huh

Three medals. Three kids. I can make a suggestion...

The war made them that way. All Heroes in my book.

Yes they do they are fighting for are county still

And thank u so much for your appreciation of our American Veterans 🇺🇸

We're lucky to hear thier story's

Agreed, and if I am not mistaken, some of those WACs actually flew brand new bombers and fighters from manufacturing plants to staging areas on the East coast

Is there anywhere you can tell the stories she told you, so we could read/listen to them?

How much do we owe to God?

The first weekend in June is WW2 Weekend in Readjng PA at the airport. Lots of WW2 planes, air shows, food, thousands of folks in period uniforms, tanks etc.

Me, too...

Yea you figure he was almost 100 when this interview happened, still his memory is pretty good considering I can't remember last week and I'm 57.

He's pushing 100. I'll allow it

These guys did not study WWII like many of us. They rely on memories. Memories that get mixed up. I love talking to vets. I have been lucky to talk to several over the years. The latest being a Vietnam vet who opened up to me more then I expected. He still suffers from the trauma. Bless them all.

Well said. It's like a time capsule. We are lucky to listen

2ww

Greek farmers did the same to German paratroopers, when they landed on Crete. Regardless of nationality, it's a crappy way to go.

There is a huge database of unlawful murders of surrendered military. Begun by a German, who spent his life recording these murders, until he died of cancer. He handed over to another German, (I think I remember), once he knew he was terminal, training him and passing on a lot of extra work, so important was this record, to him. He has continued to record and improve the site, so that now, you can type in, for example, New Zealanders and a country, say Germany, to get a list of all New Zealand troops unlawfully murdered in Germany. This record is treated with such respect and has the most devoted manager. You can also put in individual names, if you have them. Where he can, he gives details of the murders, the names of those guilty, the names of the victims, if known, and the details of the court cases, post war, where they are put on trial and often, hanged. The research still goes on. I found records of 3 Allied airmen murdered and not known of, in this major record, within the last 4 years. So the research still goes on. The deeply committed chap who runs the site had all records of court cases, so clearly the men I found had never had their cases prosecuted - but he is so familiar with his records, that he told me that due to the date and area these men were murdered, he felt it very likely he knew the men who would have done this. They had been in the area at the time, and had a long list of murders of surrendered air men that witnesses HAD reported post war, and that they had stood trial and been found guilty and hanged - but in the case of the three men I had found, it appeared nobody witnessing those murders had reported it.

Obviously confused. Many many mistakes.

a lot of his story does not add up. Rosie Rosenthal 100 BG in Masters of the Air signed on for THREE tours. But Bolino says his crazy pilot was the ony one in 8th Air Force to sign up for 2.

I completely agree with you!

That was said back then. Things changed after Dec 7, 1941.

I disagree, I think we would be able to fill the military ranks with volunteers and draft.

Is Dr. Gus still with us?

@@milkman45828 Hi, I am one of his nieces. Sadly, he died last year just before his 100th birthday. He was active and still writing!

So who got his metals?

Sickening isn’t it…. I wonder how many young people today could live the life this man has? Love listening to these very well done interviews.

Arnold called them girly men

Taking nothing away from this guys bravery but his knowledge of history isn’t the best

@@jamesgoodwin8506 he’s 90 something so u get some leeway his hard drive is almost completely full. Thats a lot of information to keep straight. He’s more sharp than lots of even younger people I know

The British had over 19,000 dead (over 57k casualties) on the first day of the Somme Offensive alone in WW1. That's just the British. Never mind all the other nations. I agree with him about the stupidity of British Colonels in WW1 though. He got that 100% spot on!

Only he didn't invent them, US metal (75 gallon) and paper mache made in Britain (108 gallon) were the most common for the P51 and P47. Not wanting to give scrap metal to the Germans was the reason the paper mache tank was preferred. The drop tank was used by the Germans in the Spanish civil war and Spitfires being ferried to Malta in 1942 used them. The issue with the use or the non use to be more accuate was due to politics within the USAAF. Once it was clear that bomber losses were unsustainable in the summer of 1943 the stockpiled tanks that were always available were used.

America? America would have failed if America fought alone. Don't exclude the allies @sshole

Does my patriotism offend you? Humanity would have lost without the allies.

@@JoelMMcKinney Absolutely Not, But your ‘National Arrogance’ does,

The allies were almost defeated except for Britain and Soviets. And they were on their heels. Without the entrance of America the war would have gone much differently. But it was a group effort. So everyone pat each other on the back.

If he had anyone else they would say that it was fixed or something. No one is gonna accuse a little girl of doing anything wrong

@@judd0112maybe that was the intention

Bolino's stats don't make sense especially those drownings.