Recent content by Steve Birdsall

It's a bit late, but I felt compelled to correct this. Ewald Swanson, the pilot of the B-17 in the "iconic" photo, was a contributor to Claims To Fame - The B-17 Flying Fortress, a book I wrote with Roger Freeman. The basic facts are these: The photo was taken on 14 July 1944 and the B-17 is...