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Somewhere over Europe
A B-17 flies
Strafed and damaged
In her enemies skies

The flak has taken
Its toll on the plane
This crew so brave
In this theatre of war campaign

Many hours have passed
With no sight of the channel
Only land ahead
Is it our instrument panel

A shout is heard from the rear of the plane
A Messerschmitt ME-109, beside us flies
We are sitting targets for another kill
The pilot turns his head, as i look into his eyes

He is making a gesture
For us to turn 180 degrees
Do we believe our enemy
But we eventually agree

He continues to fly
Like an escort of question
Were we right to agree
His degree of suggestion

For up ahead we see
The glint of blue water
Our horizon of hope
Are we saved from slaughter

Moments later
As i turn my head again
A wave from the German
As he banks his fighter plane

We are now well over the channel
As we sight the white cliffs of Dover
Our B-17 in struggle
This mission near over

On the runway at Kimbolton
The fire crews stand ready
Will our plane take the landing
Is our undercarriage steady

Touch down we make
As we talk of our flight back
About the German fighter pilot
Who refused to attack

 
    It is now many years later
    For we were lucky, we grew old
    As we assembled on anniversary
    Our story could now be told 

    For he had kept it his secret
    But now we have to say
    Franz Stigler and his German fighter
    Is why we are before you today

    He was scrambled to intercept
    The enemy that we were then
    When he arrived we awaited
    The fate of us men

    When he viewed our plane
    He couldn't believe his eyes
    Why something so shot up 
    Still flew in his skies

    When he returned to base
    In his reports he states
    It went down over the sea
    And sealed our fate

    After all these years
    I am so happy we have met
    We have lived many years
    While our lost colleagues have slept

    I thank you Sir
    For sparing the lives of my crew
    As we stand together for peace
    We salute you


 
 This is a true story from WWII, written by request for Sara Kendrick,
who loves to challenge me, and i thank Sara kindly for the opportunity




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