The Tomahawk Warrior

Download or read book The Tomahawk Warrior written by David E. Huntley and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of a crash in wartime England that killed all 9 crew of an American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in1944, which this author witnessed & who after 75 years had them honored for their sacrifice by saving many lives that day including this author. The author, David E. Huntley himself having survived the London Blitz, and who watched the crew's remains being retrieved from the wreckage, began receiving many strange and coincidental bits of information about the incident 72 years after it happened. These phenomena also included a diary that had been kept by the navigator of the plane in which he recorded the bombing missions to targets in Germany and in France. It seemed to Huntley that he had been ordained by the souls of the crew to document what happened. He began by tracing the surviving relatives of the navigator and arranged for the return of the diary which became a celebration by itself because they had no idea there was a diary. The diary is published in full in the book and describes the 28 bombing missions they flew. Additionally, Huntley was able to locate the pilot's daughter who was still living and was overwhelmed to know that Huntley was one of the last persons on earth to have seen her father's remains on that fateful day.Huntley also began a quest to have the pilot and crew receive official recognition for flying his crippled plane fully loaded with bombs away from a populated area. He failed to get the American military authorities to accede to his request after 2 years of effort but was able to get the British Authorities to award a Scroll honoring the pilot and crew. Huntley led a party of surviving relatives to England for a ceremony on Remembrance Day where they each received a magnificent Scroll of Honor and recognition of the crew's sacrifice. The ceremony was held at Penn House Estate in Buckinghamshire, the family residence of Lord Howe and Countess Howe, and whose family lineage dates back to Henry VIII.Huntley will continue to locate other relatives.