Jack Bawlmen
Jack is the pilot of the B17 Fly Fortress named "Stairway to Heaven". The plane crew consists of ten men; the pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, radio man, navigator, bombardier and 4 gunners. The planes fly out of US Army Air Corp bases all over England. Formations consisting of hundreds of planes are not uncommon and they will often times level an entire city just to destroy a factory. The planes are often intercepted by German planes such as the ME109 and FW190. They face anti aircraft battery barrages that darken the sky woth puffs of deadly black smoke. Casualties are high and moral fluctuates as each man deals with the uncertainty of war in their own way.
About Jack Bawlmen
Jack is the pilot of the B17 Fly Fortress named "Stairway to Heaven". The plane crew consists of ten men; the pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, radio man, navigator, bombardier and 4 gunners. The planes fly out of US Army Air Corp bases all over England. Formations consisting of hundreds of planes are not uncommon and they will often times level...Read more