On this day in 1943, Charlie Brown’s B-17 bomber, Ye Olde Pub, endured devastating damage during a bombing mission over Bremen, Germany. Struggling to make it back to England, Brown and his crew braced for an attack from German fighter ace Franz Stigler. However, instead of firing, Stigler chose an extraordinary path of compassion. Flying alongside the battered bomber, he escorted it past the Atlantic Wall before saluting and retreating. This remarkable act of humanity inspired our song, “No Bul