Bruce Carr was shot down on an mission in October 1944, and evaded for several days. Deciding at last to surrender to the Germans, as he approached an enemy airfield he noticed an air-ready FW-190. At dusk he slipped into the enemy camp, entered the FW-190, and flew it back to his base in France, avoiding ground fire from allies on the ground who saw only an enemy airplane approaching. He finished the war as a TRIPLE ACE and was credited with 15 aerial victories. After the war he helped form the “Acrojets”, precursor to the “Thunderbirds.” He flew combat missions in Korea and Vietnam, and retired in 1970 as a U.S. Air Force Colonel.