Airshow Leftover - Commemerative Flight

            Forgot to post this pic from the Abbotsford International Airshow. This flight of a B-17 bomber and a Messerschmitt 109 commemorates an incident from WWII. On December 20, 1943 a B-17 Flying Fortress piloted by 2nd Lt. Charles "Charlie" Brown was participating in a bomb run over Bremen, Germany. It was hit by anti-aircraft fire and then attacked by German fighters. The tail gunner was killed and one of the other crew severely wounded. The aircraft sustained significant damage including one engine lost and one damaged. It was trying to maintain flight back to England when spotted by Franz Stigler a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe flying a Messerschmitt Bf 109. When he saw the damage to the bomber and saw the wounded crew member, he remembered being instructed to never shoot at someone in a parachute. To him, the crippled bomber was in the same category. He attempted to signal the bomber to fly to Sweden which was closer than England, but the signal was not understood. Stigler then flew close to the bomber so that antiaircraft guns would not target it and escorted it to open water of the North Sea and saving the lives of the remaining crew. Brown was able to successfully land the bomber in England. Brown was able to track down Stigler in 1990, Stigler having immigrated to Canada in the early 1950's. The two became friends until their deaths in 2008. Stigler has a connection to Abbotsford as he was a member of the Abbotsford Flying Club that started the Abbotsford Airshow.  Abbotsford International Airshow, Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), Abbotsford, B.C.
   

Taken on: August 7, 2022

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Sets appears in: • Abbotsford International Airshow 2022

Groups appears in: • Warbirds

Camera: Nikon D7500, f/9.5, 1/750 sec, 350mm (=525mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7500
Lens:	Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS APO HSM
Aperture:	f/9.5
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/750)
Focal Length:	350mm (35mm equivalent: 525mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.10
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