Shaky on approaches? Can't feather that propeller on your burning engine? Colonel “Black Al” Shower will sort you out, soldier.

Jump in the right seat with the commander of one the Mighty Eighth's most deadly bomb groups, the 467th Rackheath Aggies. Cheer up, after…oh, like a hundred practice missions, you’ll have your wings and be on your way to Berlin in no time.

And remember, for any combat plane in the 40s, if it flew, Colonel Shower was rated. In the thumbnail photo of Colonel Shower you will see him in Lil' Pete, a fighter plane. We interviewed Colonel Shower in the cockpit of the convention expo floor in Fort Worth, Texas for the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the B24 in World War II in May, 1989.