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Philip Whitman's last seven missions were over Vienna, Austria. He made five trips over Ploesti [Annotator's Note:...

Norman Cook finished his third phase of training in the Army Air Corps and was sent to Mitchell, South Dakota. He was...

[Annotator's Note: John Paul served in the US Army Air Forces as a pilot flying Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy...

While stationed in Polebrook, England [Annotator's Note: with the 511th Bombardment Squadron, 351st Bombardment Group,...

Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. was accepted into pilot school [Annotator's Note: after having been drafted and the accepted...

For most of George Beaugh's missions his crew would fly at 25,000 to 27,000 feet. On one mission they flew at 32,000...

George Roberts took part in the 6 March [Annotator's Note: 6 March 1944] raid over Berlin during which 69 bombers were...

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

Darrell D. Gust's second, third and fourth missions happened one day apart. Then a fog moved in, grounding the group [...

Hewitt Brian Gomez received his commission and received a 10-day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...

Harley Bridger and his crew lived in tents with six men each. They were fortunate with their engineer. Bridger felt the...

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

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