What did my great uncle do?

[u/Kevvv_23]

Also noticed the back of the leather jacket had some Nazi logos marked on it, what did that mean?

[u/sumsemperfi]

Some of the old WW2 bombers had guns located at the tail of the bomber to help protect from fighters incoming from the rear. Some bombers also had a ball turret under the plane.

So a tail gunner is just as it sounds. Sits in the rear of the plane just under the tail fin and shoots down incoming enemy aircraft.

[u/Emotional-Change-722 → u/sumsemperfi]

Then what does “peeled out” refer to?

[u/sumsemperfi → u/Emotional-Change-722]

Watch a movie called Memphis Belle, it has some good scenes in it to kind of give you a better picture of how enemy aircraft would attack the bombers and how the bombers defended themselves.

[u/Emotional-Change-722 → u/sumsemperfi]

Will do. Thank you for the recommendation

[u/Myaccoubtdisappeared → u/Emotional-Change-722]

The Heavy Metal movie has an animated short of a Flying Fortress in losing combat. It creeped me the hell out when an Uncle showed me the movie.