Joseph Freeman of Buffalo, N.Y., and Frontier Branch, Fort Erie, Ont., tells about an RCAF Lancaster bomber nearing target over the Ruhr one night in 1943.
Pilot to bomb aimer: “OK, it’s all yours.”
Bomb aimer to pilot: “Right a bit, right a bit, steady. Left a bit, left a bit, steady. Dammit, back a bit, back a bit.”
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
