Flak Happy

Flak over the target only stopped-or slowed-when Nazi fighter planes attacked the bombers of the 8th Air Force in World War II. Flak was anti-aircraft fire, and some 8th AF airmen hated it worse than fighters- "You can fight back against the fighters," they said, "but not the flak; we''re just sitting ducks." Like many others, Lt. Frank Farr, B-17 navigator, experienced both and fell victim to bot...