by Malcolm Kelly
Rushing to the sound of battle to help when you haven’t been asked to do so has been part of warfare forever. For a Texan with every reason to stay at home, that moment came in 1940. Roger Bentley Clements, known by his middle name, was the son of a […]
When aircraft in the bomber stream were attacked by flak or fighters, sometimes they would slowly go down in flames, as the crew took to their parachutes, or go into deep dives from which there was no escape. Either way there would be a record, and graves. At other times, […]
It was a crowded, dangerous sky over Europe during the war, especially at night. Not only did you have to look out for night fighters, avoid searchlight locations, and pray your way through flak barrages, an eye had to be kept out for your own side’s aircraft in the long […]