George Nicolau flew in B-17 42-107062 on his first mission. On his fourth mission, George was Wounded in Action:



'He flew only 4 combat missions although he gave one of his legs, for all of us to be free. A young American hero proud of his Greek heritage frequently recalls his final mission: "I wasn’t shot down, I was shot up. I put my head up and then the flak burst shattered my leg. If I had been hunched over, it would have shattered my head, but it threw me about four or five feet against the bulkhead and I thought, ‘I wonder what this is going to be like.' As it turned out, the bombardier, a fellow named Robert Montgomery, he saved my life. He put a tourniquet on and then shot me with morphine. I was severely wounded and the next day the leg was so shattered that they had to amputate it above the knee."'



Read a full biography of the airman here: https://www.greeks-in-foreign-cockpits.com/pilots-crews/bombardiers-and…