Joseph De Jarnette didn't know much about what exactly happened to him. It started on April 8, 1944, when the pilot and Fort Thomas native was just 24 years old. His B-24 Liberator was shot down ...

Later he was told it was U-89. "That was my best effort in the war," he said. Almost 80 years since the end of WW2, Mr Barnes, who moved to Guernsey in the 1960s, reflected on his role.

Anchorage, Alaska — A pilot and his two young daughters survived ... "They spent a long, cold, dark, wet night out on top of a wing of an airplane that they weren't planning on," Godes said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A pilot and two girls survived on the wing ... "They spent a long, cold, dark, wet night out on top of a wing of an airplane that they weren't planning on," Godes said.

Experienced pilot Matthew "Whiz" Buckley suggested a ... "They were battling that airplane to bring it down safely, to save this young girl," Buckley said. "These two guys are heroes, easily.