Edward Donald Brower
Home Town: Canada Conflict: World War II Branch: Air Force
But the plastic canopy, that exploded. What it did, we carried, could have hit the ammunition under the wings. So that exploded and it shattered the canopy. But I sat behind the pilot, it kind of shattered and some of it, mostly in my face.
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My dad wanted me to go to university and be a surgeon, which I had preference.
We were flying over Germany and they took a shot and that done it. They missed everybody else because we were flying in a Typhoon [Hawker Typhoon; British low-level interceptor]. But the plastic canopy, that exploded. What it did, we carried, could have hit the ammunition under the wings. So that exploded and it shattered the canopy. But I sat behind the pilot, it kind of shattered and some of it, mostly in my face. I sat behind the pilot and the pilot got some of it too but I got most of it and cut my face up.
Sent me back to England to patch me up. And that’s the way it was. I bled all over the place. And then I spent 13 weeks I think in the hospital in Germany. They sent me to the hospital in England. And they were going to send me home. I wanted to stay, so I stayed. So I stayed in Normandy … . So I had a job in the office. And I handed out the payroll, do the office work. And I didn’t want to come home too soon. I didn’t want my family to see what shape I was in.
We were flying over Germany and they took a shot and that done it. They missed everybody else because we were flying in a Typhoon [Hawker Typhoon; British low-level interceptor]. But the plastic canopy, that exploded. What it did, we carried, could have hit the ammunition under the wings. So that exploded and it shattered the canopy. But I sat behind the pilot, it kind of shattered and some of it, mostly in my face. I sat behind the pilot and the pilot got some of it too but I got most of it and cut my face up.
Sent me back to England to patch me up. And that’s the way it was. I bled all over the place. And then I spent 13 weeks I think in the hospital in Germany. They sent me to the hospital in England. And they were going to send me home. I wanted to stay, so I stayed. So I stayed in Normandy … . So I had a job in the office. And I handed out the payroll, do the office work. And I didn’t want to come home too soon. I didn’t want my family to see what shape I was in.
