B-17 Tail Gunner Wes Borgeson has a very unique tale. On his second mission, his B-17 was hit by flak and exploded at 27,000 feet, and Wes floated down in the severed tail section of his B-17, sustaining a serious concussion in the process.
There are only three documented cases of tail gunners surviving a shoot-down in a severed tail section, and this is your opportunity to hear one of these survivors tell the story in his own words.
Note that this is a revised version of the original video I posted.
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18 сен 2024
