sergeant john quinlan of yonkers, new york, looking for a cop and company. but he. december eight, 1941, all turret gunner sergeant cecil scott pressman for a rubber company in rahway new jersey. pilot crew 10,000 put on oxygen they're climbing now 300 feet a minute strain on the planes and on the men is mounting. the rest of the crew bombardier captain vincent operated a fleet of trucks in worth, texas waist. on the right, sergeant bill winston for a paint company in chicago. and on the left, sergeant tony nice town used to repair washing machines in detroit when he was a kid. now 19, and has two nazi fighters confirmed. it takes. all of a pilot's strength to keep a 30 ton fortress in take. but the formation is the bombers best defense against enemy fighters. the are deployed to uncover every gun stepped up and down echelon to the right and left, arrange to overcome danger of gunners firing into friendly ships. the range so concentrated columns of fire from the caliber 50 machine guns cover the sky for a thousand yards in every direction. the the friendly coast of