Flak Happy

Flak over the target only stopped-or slowed-when Nazi fighter planes attacked the bombers of the 8th Air Force in World War II.

Flak was anti-aircraft fire, and some 8th AF airmen hated it worse than fighters- "You can fight back against the fighters," they said, "but not the flak; we''re just sitting ducks." Like many others, Lt. Frank Farr, B-17 navigator, experienced both and fell victim to both.

"Flak Happy" tells the story of his sixteen and a half bombing missions over Nazi Germany.

And it describes the mind-numbing consequences of flying repeatedly through that flak and how he and others dealt with them.