Boeing B–17 Fortress in RAF Coastal Command Service

Later in the conflict, these aircraft also helped provide valuable meteorological data for allied weather forecasting. Stitt presents vignettes, often related by participants, on topics such as attacks and battles with U-boats, search and rescue operations, the perils of flying at high altitude, flight testing of various electronic and armament configurations, battling with the elements as well as the enemy, crew training, aircraft and crew vulnerabilities, life on the ground at remote bases, and the often fatal results of equipment failures and accidents. Frank Willingham, docent, National Air and Space Museum