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For Alfred Pierse Murphy, the most difficult part of succeeding in a bombing mission was the flak [Annotator's Note:...

John Angier was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft VII-A [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] STalag VII...

Monroe S. Wolyn remembers that they went north instead of south on this mission. They headed across the North Sea....

Ghislaine Hegerty hated the German presence in her town [Annotator's Note: Courtrai, Belgium]. It was forbidden by the...

During his free time, Robert "Bob" Rickel slept, went to aircraft classes, or visited relatives in London [Annotator's...

Chester Brewer went to help a man build homes after the war. His former employer hired him back. He met his wife. He...

Robert A. Stachel [Annotator's Note: a tail gunner in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group did a...

John Holton Ford was born in October 1921 in Hamilton, Ohio. He was also raised there. After the war, the family moved...

George Roberts was signed up to fly 25 missions. After flying only 16 missions, however, that required number was...

Virgil Faust was born in Windber, Pennsylvania, an old gold mining town. [Annotator's Note: Faust was born in August...

Capers Andrews Holmes, Jr. experienced enemy fire returning from a bombing mission to Hamm, Germany on 22 April 1944....

James McDermott considered the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress the best airplane there was. He did not like the B-24 [...

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