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Rackley, Clifford Segment 4
Ploesti, Romania was a well known target. The group had gone there several times and had some substantial losses there...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 5
Clarene Anderson thought the P-39 was a cool airplane. With the engine mounted in the center of the plane there was...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 5
When Loevsky opened the nose turret to free the bombardier, the bombardier attempted to put on his shoes; according to...
Luckadoo, John Segment 5
A typical mission for John Luckadoo started by him being woken up between three and half past three in the morning,...
Leahr, John Segment 5
Leahr got quite a bit of mail from home. Mail was important to him. He had three brothers in the service. One brother...
Shoens, Robert Segment 5
Robert Shoens knew that the planes coming towards him were not the much hoped for escort. In the briefing room after...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 5
Onesi remembers the first prisoner of war (POW) camp he was in. It was an older camp that the Germans added barracks to...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 5
On 1 September 1942 Tyler was transferred to the 44th [Annotator's Note: 44th Fighter Squadron] at Bellows Field as...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 5
Yellin recalls strafing runs on Chici-jima which was about a hundred or so miles from Iwo Jima. Yellin strafed the...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 5
Rankin had made "Ace in a Day." [Annotator's Note: a term used to describe a fighter pilot scoring five or more...
Sherman, Richard Segment 5
Sherman was going to hit a target on Formosa. They took off and flew practically at sea level. When they got back to...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 5
Barney Old Coyote’s unit received Presidential Unit Citations for the job they did in bombing bases in the...
Henderson, William Segment 5
Their first dive bombing mission was a railroad trestle in Burma. Henderson lined up over his bomb sight. He dropped...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 5
Steve Pisanos scored his first victory on 21 May [Annotators Note: 21 May 1943]. They had taken bombers to Frankfurt,...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 5
Dupuy was rotated out after his escort missions on Truk. There was no system of rotation for pilots in the Pacific like...
Holloman, William Segment 5
A friend of Holloman’s in a MATS [Annotator's Note: Military Air Transport Service] unit needed an operations officer....
Spivey, Leonard Segment 5
Leonard Spivey notes that the Schweinfurt experience was his major experience in combat. It is considered to be one of...
Noack, John Segment 5
John Noack was apparently knocked out momentarily when he was hit. Noack himself does not remember losing consciousness...
Baynham, James Segment 5
Baynham doesn't remember many details from his interrogation. He was accused of being a spy and was threatened with...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 5
Thatcher was able to get his tool kit from the plane. Later in the morning there was a Chinese underground member who...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 5
Ardell Bollinger learned about his mission to France the night before 23 September. [Annotator’s Note: Bollinger is...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 5
On the 1 April [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1942] they passed under the Golden Gate Bridge. The men were all excited...
Van Kirk,Theodore "Dutch" Segment 5
Theodore Van Kirk remembers what he was told about the bomb. All they knew was they had to get away from the area as...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 5
Richard Candelaria waited until dark then took off. He was armed with a .45 pistol that he tied around his neck to keep...
McKee, Ralph Segment 5
They were warned by the American attaché to not attempt an escape from the jail [Annotator’s Note: in Spain] as he...
Keema, John Segment 5
There was a set procedure for ditching an airplane which they had practiced before. Everyone except the pilot and...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 5
Joseph Armanini describes explaining why he missed the target from the previous mission to Colonel Harding [Annotators...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 5
Oscar Johnson was in Moosburg until General Patton came in and rescued them. It was quite a day. They could see shells...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 5
They were interrogated in Frankfurt. They were only supposed to tell them name, rank, and serial number. A German...
Cole, Richard Segment 5
They were two days at sea when the PA system came on informing them that the group was headed for Tokyo [Annotators...
Kassal, Bentley Segment 5
Kassal recalls the 12th Tactical Air Command's headquarters were setup at Caserta, just north of Naples. They were...
Gibbons, John Segment 5
They [Annotators Note: John Gibbons and the rest of the 100th Bombardment Group] were ordered by Doolittle [Annotators...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 5
Miller Lampell, who had written a radio program, was assigned by the New York Herald Tribune to write Ben Kuroki's...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 5
On trip after the winter weather started to move in, they were briefed to a 50 knot head wind. They were in formation....
Gross, Clayton Segment 6
Clayton Kelly Gross says the 354th Fighter Group was so proud of the 701 kills from the air that they had and in...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 6
Clarence Anderson feels that the P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] was a big factor...

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