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Richard Baile's crew all thought alike. They were optimistic. None of them thought they would be shot down. Baile does...

Hersey Goodwin and the gunners spent a lot of time with flight recognition. When the plane flew into the one in front,...

Lisle Neher took part in all five of the fire bomb mission. On those missions they would fly between 300 feet and 700...

On 27 March 1945, Fiske Hanley II and his flight crew [Annotator's Note: with the 504th Bombardment Group, 313th...

Most of Nick Cristiano's bombing missions started in the evening. He would call the meal before leaving "the last...

Rex James Bates served with the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific. They were based out of Guam [...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Abner Aust to describe the mission where he shot down three Japanese Franks -...

Rowland Elliott Ball served as a navigator with the 60th Bombardment Squadron, 39th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force...

Rowland Elliott Ball served as a navigator with the 60th Bombardment Squadron, 39th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Annas was training for air sea rescue at Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base, in Biloxi...

John Caudle became very close friends with his crew. It was a lot like family. He went to Clovis, New Mexico and was...

Richard Baile and other airmen who took part in the nighttime firebombing raid on Tokyo still have reunions. At one the...

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