My uncle on my mom's side served in Air Force during WWII as a navagator on B-17s and B-29s. His favorite "horror stories" that he liked to tell were when he had to land a B-29 on an aircraft carrier while it was under way at night in high seas with no lights. Talk about you "pucker factors". His other favorite story was about volunteering for Wild Bill Donovan's Office of Strategic Services when he was 42 years old thinking he was too old to be accepted. His last tour of duty before retiring as a Lt. Col. was as navagator on a modified DC-3 chasing hurricanes.