Rod wrote:
I can be thankful that the Luftwaffe continued to use at least some
machine guns. My father was hit by a bullet from one of their guns, in
the chest, just above his heart.

We have the mangled pair of scissors that just happened to be in his
pocket at the time. This was the worst (maybe even the only) injury he
received in 67 ops over occupied territory, plus flying service in
India, Burma, etc. Had that been a canon shell... well, I might not have
been able to be thankful...


My father still has the .300 (ish) calibre bullet his mechanic found in
his seat after a mission over Korea in the 50s.

Though of course it may have been ground fire.

Andy