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Story summary
- Norman Bussel, World War II B-17 bomber survivor, died at 102 in Peekskill, New York, confirmed by his granddaughter.
- He trained as a radio operator and joined the Eighth Air Force in 1944.
- He flew missions over Germany, including a Berlin raid on April 29, 1944, when his plane was damaged and he jumped out.
- Bussel later spoke about the trauma faced by soldiers of the Greatest Generation.
