B 17 pilot blown out of B 17 landed in tree.

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Credible Sport
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B 17 pilot blown out of B 17 landed in tree.

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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
Fighters at 12 O'clock high
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