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

John Angier explained that the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force] would try to catch the bombers right...

Eugene Vaadi was assigned to the 385th Bombardment Group and flew 19 missions over Europe hitting Berlin, Nurenberg,...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman bailed out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber over Vienna, Austria on 13...

While flying with Peaslee [Annotator's Note: Colonel Budd Peaslee], James Kemp McLaughlin did not mind that Peaslee had...

Robert "Bob" Rickel had to kick a bomb out of the bomb bay from a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

Samuel W. Smith was asked if he would be a lead crew. It would cut down his missions to 30. He would have to have more...

During a mission, Walter Bala's plane was hit over the target. A shell came through the plane and knocked out his...

Roland M. Lee encountered flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] on most of his missions [Annotator's...

Albion Kenneth Hutcherson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber serving with the...

Christian de Marcken's parents had seen the harbingers of war talked about how the situation resembled the prelude to...

Francis Neilson recalled one mission when one of their engines had gone out over the Adriatic Sea. When the second...

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