Search results

Map is loading...

The first couple of bombing missions William Fili was on were "milk runs" [Annotator's Note: slang term used by...

There was a lot of "oohs and ahhs" at the mission briefing [Annotator's Note: for Victor Fienup's 17 August 1943...

Richard Henry Hamilton bailed out of his plane, and after landing in a field he was greeted by a mob of villagers...

William White Brainard served as a radioman on a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] for...

Robert "Bob” Ruiz was sent overseas on a ship in a convoy from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. The...

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

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

Late in the war, Glen Jostad was relocated to a German prisoner of war camp near Moosberg, Germany [Annotator's Note:...

In this clip, Richard Notebaert talks about the missions he flew over the bigger cities in Italy, attacking an airfield...

Jack Sanders felt that despite its bad reputation, the B-24 [Annotator’s Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber...

Norman Bussel’s first mission was to Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany. He was anxious as he had no idea what to expect...

For Ryan O'Brien, going into combat was like going to play a football game. The flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft...

Oral History