Harrowing photos show one B-17 bombing another

Harrowing photos show one B-17 bombing another

Bombing Europe in World War II was one of the most war’s dangerous jobs. Professor Thomas Childers of the University of Pennsylvania says being a British or American bomber pilot flying against Germany was the most dangerous role of the war, worse than submariner, merchant mariner, or infantryman. It’s easy to see why, with B-17 and other bomb crews being forced to fly thousands of miles across flak-filled skies while being hunted by pursuit pla…