B 17 pilot blown out of B 17 landed in tree.
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:44 am
Hello, I Grew up in West L.A. We my Father and his friends owned a Cessna 195. The Gentleman
who owned the gas station at the Santa Monica Airport
His name was either Jerry Schwartz Jerry Shapiro a B-17 pilot or co-pilot.
This is the story he told me on his last mission he was literally blown out of the B-17
and when he came to all of his hair was gone he was in a tree maybe an apple tree. A German
soldier was standing on the Ground when Jerry woke up the NAZI was standing there with
his hands on his hips saying "
How do you like dos apples, huh?"s
Do you have any information about this incident?
Thank You
Tim Rathbone
who owned the gas station at the Santa Monica Airport
His name was either Jerry Schwartz Jerry Shapiro a B-17 pilot or co-pilot.
This is the story he told me on his last mission he was literally blown out of the B-17
and when he came to all of his hair was gone he was in a tree maybe an apple tree. A German
soldier was standing on the Ground when Jerry woke up the NAZI was standing there with
his hands on his hips saying "
How do you like dos apples, huh?"s
Do you have any information about this incident?
Thank You
Tim Rathbone