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William Meredith’s job was to help escort bombers to their targets and back. If they did not run into trouble, they...

Richard Tangradi thought about getting married to an English girl. He remembers some things like it just happened. He...

Richard Tangradi went to Casper, Wyoming to get his crew. [Annotator’s Note: Tangradi talks about his crew.] The crews...

Richard Tangradi’s missions lasted about eight hours [Annotator’s Note: while serving with the 349th Bombardment...

Richard Tangradi remembers when the pilot called him to the front and gave him a cigar during a mission. The wing had a...

Richard Tangradi’s last mission was to Frankfurt [Annotator’s Note: Frankfurt, Germany]. They had to abort the mission...

Joel Urice vividly remembers the belongings of the crews who did not make it back from Hamburg [Annotator’s Note:...

Joel Urice saw the hole in their plane before they landed. He does not remember ever discussing the missions with the...

Joel Urice remembers the weather was terrible. They had to go through an overcast. There was an opening in the clouds...

Joel Urice flew his seventh mission in Germany below Berlin [Annotator’s Note: Berlin, Germany]. They experienced a lot...

A crew poses in front of their B-17 bomber, the "Eager Beaver." Note that units have been stricken in the caption....

American P-38 fighter hit during flight; B-24 bombers nearby. "One of our P-38's hit." Probably in Italy. Probably 1943...

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