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Waiting for the Bullets Print by Gareth Hector AptifyID2722163 Tradition plays a large partDecember 17, 1944, over the Ardennes: Lt. Ed Cottrell is in a situation he never dreamed possible. Earlier that morning, Ed and his group were bombing German armor when they were jumped by twenty Me 109s. Eds engine took hits. Oil sprayed. Eight cylinders were gone, but the motor kept running. Ed was limping home when two Me 109s caught up to him. I was waiting for the bullets to come, Ed recalled. Then the German pilot flashed a signalit was okay.