Wally Hoffmann flew B-17s during WWII. Here is his account of the battle...-RL Wally Hoffman was born in Bremerton, WA and grew up west of Port Angeles, WA in the community of Joyce. After graduation from high school worked in the logging camps to go to Washington State University. During his second year he entered the Aviation Cadet Training as a pilot. He survived 35 missions over Germany as a B 17 Pilot as a member of the 8th Air Force. He returned home and was given an early discharge after which worked for a year in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He has been married to an English girl from Manchester who was in the Royal Air Force for 54 years, and has two daughters. He returned to WSU in 1946 and received a BS in Agriculture in 1948. He worked for the US Department of Agriculture in Wenatchee, Chehalis, and Auburn. Then worked for the Department of Natural Resources in charge of the land management of the 3 million acres of the state trust lands (school lands) in Olympia, WA. In 1982 retired and still lives in Olympia, WA. Was active in the Lacey Fire District Three where a fire/training station has been name for him. He recently took some creative writing courses on the Internet and has been writing his memoirs of World War II. Back to War Lore: The List Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998-2001 by Coalition Web, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com