Warning

 

Close
Confirm Action

Are you sure you wish to do this?

Cancel Confirm
AR15.COM
11/25/2009 2:56:25 PM EDT
There is a gentleman at my father's office that he's known for many years that is a World War II veteran –– Bill Webster.  He retired from the Air Force Reserves back in the 1960s as a brigadier general.

When he was just a Lt. during WWII, he flew a bomber and was actually shot down twice –– and lived to tell the story.

He recently received these actual photographs from a bombing raid he participated in during the war. The ships are Japanese tankers and/or freighters. He had never seen these photographs until this week..... says that they came in LOW flying in formation and the two planes to his immediate left were shot down. In the photograph of the men on the ground by their plane, Webster is the one standing. He was 22 years old at the time of the raid...."and trying to get to 23."

Thought ya'll might enjoy seeing these.




































11/25/2009 3:00:38 PM EDT
[#1]
Great pics and thanks for sharing

Tell Brigadier General Webstar thanks for his service for me
11/25/2009 3:02:05 PM EDT
[#2]
great pics thanks
11/25/2009 3:04:16 PM EDT
[#3]
That second one with all the bullets hitting the water...wow.
11/25/2009 3:13:11 PM EDT
[#4]
Is that a B-25H?
11/25/2009 3:19:24 PM EDT
[#5]
Quoted:
Is that a B-25H?


It looks like there are two .50s there on the side of the plane mounted in cheek blisters. Only the H-models had these so I'm pretty sure that's what she is. That's a picture taken sometime after the raid.
11/25/2009 3:23:18 PM EDT
[#6]
Wow! Great pictures and thanks for sharing! I hope you don't mind that I saved some of these for my collection.
11/25/2009 3:27:57 PM EDT
[#7]

                        and                        
for those who gave it all.
11/25/2009 3:30:33 PM EDT
[#8]
cool pics.
11/25/2009 3:33:56 PM EDT
[#9]

11/25/2009 3:36:54 PM EDT
[#10]
Quoted:
Great pics and thanks for sharing

Tell Brigadier General Webstar thanks for his service for me


Same here.
11/25/2009 3:42:24 PM EDT
[#11]
Can't help myself here, I'll just have to say it outright.

Today the Sergeant Major or some colonel would have a cow seeing his people looking scruffy like that.


I guess the pictures were taken back in the day when the guys actually knew what they were there for.
11/25/2009 3:48:08 PM EDT
[#12]
I cant imagine being on the wrong end of so much firepower . Thats a lot of bullets coming in
11/25/2009 3:57:18 PM EDT
[#13]
Quoted:
I cant imagine being on the wrong end of so much firepower . Thats a lot of bullets coming in



By today's standard that ain't squat.

11/25/2009 3:59:48 PM EDT
[#14]
Awesome!!