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Norman Bussel had to bail out of his B-17 over Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944. He had been struck by shrapnel in the...

Robert Heller was low on fuel and had to decide what to do. While looking for a field to take the plane down, he sent a...

Ray Garcia's worst experience happened in January 1945 when he could not fly because he had a cold. His best buddy,...

Thomas Creekmore went overseas [Annotator's Note: in 1945], and he was an eager beaver. His pilot [Annotator's Note: in...

Stephen Ananian only knew he had flown his last mission after he landed, and his commander told him. Ananian wanted to...

[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Isham Davis [Annotator’s Note: serving...

After they were captured, Nolan Ruiz and his crew were given an initial interrogation before being loaded into boxcars...

Darrell Welch trained on twin engine aircraft. He was flying bombers in flight school and assumed he was going to be a...

George Roberts befriended a woman who was the widow of a British officer who had four daughters while stationed in...

The most memorable experience of the war for Omer Van Huylenbrouck is his first mission to Berlin [Annotator's Note:...

Bradford Clark Freeman was born in Lowndes County [Annotator's Note: Lowndes County, Mississippi], and attended school...

Carl Platkin was in England for a week before he flew his first mission. He went down to a briefing at four o’clock in...

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