But the opportunity to ride in a propeller driven 1944 B-17 bomber is special. The plane is totally hands on when you are up in the air; you can man the wing gunner’s posts, man the nose gunner ...

May 1, 1943: A B-17 bomber from the 306th Bomb Group is hit, engulfed in flames, and seconds away from breaking apart. But one gunner refuses to go down without a fight.