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Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was assigned to the 561st Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force as a...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was drafted and sworn into the army in July 1942. After taking aptitude tests, he was...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was captured as a prisoner when his plane was shot down by Germans. Perdue was led to a local...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. bailed out of his B-17 [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber named “...

In May 1944, Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. completed all of his training and shipped out for Foggia, Italy where he joined...

In May 1944, Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. completed all of his training and shipped out for Foggia, Italy where he joined...

Kenneth Beckman was born in August 1922 in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was raised in Northampton, Massachusetts where...

Kenneth Beckman trained with one crew prior to being sent overseas, then joined another crew just prior to leaving. He...

Kenneth Beckman's first mission [Annotator's Note: Beckman was a navigator in the 366th Bombardment Squadron, 305th...

In his discussion of his first tour of duty, Kenneth Beckman shares an anecdote about his 25th mission. [Annotator's...

Kenneth Beckman discusses the comparatively impersonal nature of combat losses in the air versus those faced by the...

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

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