Later in life, my husband stood face to face with his dad's capturer.
Reily is a retired naval officer and retired college professor/administrator who lives in Bankers Hill. When my mother-in-law passed away in 2012, my husband was serving as a docent on the USS Midway Museum. He convinced his father, a World War II veteran and prisoner of war camp survivor, to move to San Diego. My father-in-law had no reason to stay in Philadelphia. Most of his close friends had passed away. So he sold his home and joined us.
Reily had successfully dropped the bomber’s 5,000 pounds of ordinance on its target, but the plane was hit by heavy flak and was pursued by a German Messerschmitt as the pilot in command attempted to rise above the flak and return to base. It became apparent that the bomber would not be able to make it back. They would need to bail out. None of them had bailed out of a plane before — there was no time to practice that before shipping out.
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