Back in the bomber

Wilsonville veterans re-live their service aboard a World War II era B-17G

  • By: Josh Kulla  
  • Published: 5/31/2011 3:14:57 PM
  • Last Updated: 6/1/2011 11:54:54 AM
Photo By: Josh KullaEmil Sabol
The Charbonneau resident piloted an Eighth Air Force B-17 during World War 2 and was shot down over Berlin just three months before the end of the war.
Some 12,000 Boeing B-17 heavy bombers were built before and during World War II. Nearly 5,000 were shot down, most over France, Belgium and Germany.



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