As thousands of flak shells soared skyward to stop Allied bombers, many rained back down—shredding roofs, cracking windows, ...

Germany’s flak guns defended against Allied bombers—but often wounded their own. Misfired shells shattered homes, killed ...

"Lucky" was just a wide-eyed 21-year-old lieutenant when he manned the B-17 controls and took to the sky for his first ...

“My father would tell you when you are in a bomb run, and those flak shells are going all around you in the plane, it was shaky, like consider the worst turbulence you ever been in.