MAX WAS A TAIL GUNNER ON A B-17 FOR 50 MISSIONS FIRST FLYING OUT OF NORTH AFRICA THEN ITALY. HE AND HIS CREW WENT THROUGH 3 DIFFERENT B-17s DUE TO BATTLE DAMAGE. HIS CREW SURVIVED WITH ASSORTED MINOR INJURIES.SAID DEPENDING ON WHAT THE MISSION CALLED FOR, THE NUMBER OF BOMBER COUNT WAS AS LITTLE AS THREE WITH THE LARGEST NEAR 1,000 BOMBERS. TUSKEGEE AIRMEN FEW FIGHTER PROTECTION ON A FEW OF HIS MISIONS. SAID, "THOSE BOYS SURE COULD FLY."