In 1943, B-17 tail gunner Eugene Moran plummeted towards Earth in the severed tail section of his bomber after a Luftwaffe attack over Bremen. With a bullet-riddled parachute, his fate seemed sealed.

The story of Eugene Moran wasn't unique. This video reveals two other documented cases where B-17 and B-24 tail gunners survived catastrophic falls in severed tail sections. We feature a firsthand ...