Originally Posted by
tailendcharlie
20-year-olds were flying loaded B-17's in the dark of winter in formation for 4 hours to flak-ringed German cities defended by clouds of fighters. And back to a fog-shrouded base possibly with a damaged aircraft and wounded crew.
It can be done.
Yeah, but they weren't faced with the perils of crew meals, tantamount to hazardous materials.
