Edward Field appears in Die Flakhelfer a World War 2 documentary in which he remembers his 27 bombing missions and being shot down in Berlin.

Edward Field documentary

Edward Fields appears in a German documentary about WWII called Die Flakhelfer.

Die Flkhelfer were teenagers drafted by Hitler to work the anti-aircraft guns to try and shoot down some of the thousands of American planes raining bombs on German cities.

Edward Field was a navigator in one of those heavy bombers and flew 27 bombing missions over Germany. In the film, Field speaks about what it was like to fly through the sea of flak the ‘flakhelfer‘ were sending up, and being shot down over Berlin.

The film can be seen at:
http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Reportage-Dokumentation/Geschichte-im-Ersten-Die-Flakhelfer/Das-Erste/Video?bcastId=799280&documentId=36362724

More info about Edward Field here

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