Sam there is a thread about my dad here.
http://shockwaveproductions.com/forum/v ... php?t=7389
His missions can be found at the 463rd B.G. Historical Society's website.
And some pictures can be found there too especially of the B-17's he piloted.I just sent in 250 megabytes of scanned pictures and a short video clip of my dad for the planned 3rd Pictoral History of the 463rd CD.There is a lot of detail on those missions in the 772nd Squadron The Men The Memories book but I can't repeat them here.The new WOP II B-17 on the front of Shockwave's website is a B-17 in the 463rd B.G. 774th B.S.
My dad Copiloted a B-17 during transition to Pilot that looked very similar to "JOKER" but it was called Miss Fury.His favorite B-17 was "Lassie and her Lads".
Here is the 463rd's website.
http://www.463rd.org
Here is my dad's crew.
http://www.463rd.org/crewsHtoK/jarmon.htm
Here are some of the B-17's of the 463rd.A few of them can be matched from the Pilot's log as the ones my dad piloted.
http://www.463rd.org/bombers/index.htm
He was lucky to finish 35 sorties(50 missions).I think only about 1 in 3 463rd crew members completed their tours of duty without being shot down.
I agree they were the glue that held our society together.
I feel lost without him but at least my mom is still alive.
She riveted the dorsel fins on B-17's in a Tacoma WA subcontractor plant and for a while worked on B-29's.
Thankfully AC or A/C on the Shockwave forums is still with us.
Yes we would like to see more pictures and stories.That's great.