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re: 100yr old B-17 pilot talks about his experience

Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:52 am to
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:52 am to
Ever read Randall Jarrell’s poem “Death of the Ball Turrett Gunner?”

quote:

From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.


damn hour and a half late
This post was edited on 12/13/23 at 11:01 pm
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