MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s the kind of story movies are made out of. In 1943, American bombardier Bud Wilschke’s plane was shot down in France. For months, he moved across the countryside trying to escape enemy soldiers. It was an untold story until his niece in White Bear Lake found a box that documented his ordeal…

As the B-17 bomber lumbered toward the west coast of France, Jim Wilschke crouched in the plane’s plexiglass nose, preparing to drop a 5,000-pound payload on a pen of Nazi U-boats — including one that would become a star attraction at the Museum of Science and Industry….

The line wrapped around the block for the first signing event for Bud’s Jacket! The event took place Friday August 6th at White Bear Lake Country Booksellers….

James `Bud` Wilschke`s WWII escapes are detailed in `Bud`s Jacket,` a book by his niece, who recounts his bailing from a burning plane, hiding from the Nazis for 6 months…

Barbara and Jim Wojcik, authors of the World War II survival story, Bud's Jacket, were interviewed on KFAI-AM's "WriteOn Radio," which airs in Minneapolis, the evening of February 22.

Barbara and Jim Wojcik sit in their White Bear Lake home Thursday, July 29, 2021 talking about a book they wrote together about Barbara’s uncle, James “Bud” Wilschke and his six-month ordeal behind enemy lines in WWII. Wilschke was a pilot who was shot down over German-occupied France in 1943 and had to cross…

Many families in America share a common experience; they have loved ones who served their country, came home, and never spoke a word about their story. The horror of what they went through was too much to speak of, so their memories were lost when they died. It wasn’t until 1983 - nearly 40 years after the end of …

Barbara and Jim Wojcik's book, Bud's Jacket: An American Flyer Evades the Nazis in Occupied France, made the headlines several times in July, and more attention is coming in August. WCCO Television aired a story about the book in its…

Bud's Jacket is the true story of Bud Wilschke and his WWII escape and evasion odyssey. A tale of adventure and courage, it pays tribute to the devoted French helpers who risked their lives to shelter Allied airmen and guide them to safety…