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Ray Garcia and Al Nickels [Annotator's Note: later United States Air Force Colonel Albert B. Nickels] both made the Air...

[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Isham Davis was awarded two...

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...

Strange things would happen in the air for Daniel Samuelson. He was well-trained. He would wear a mask for oxygen....

John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew received orders to fly overseas to England, making one stop in Iceland. They...

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

John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew would be briefed the day before and the morning of a mission. They would go over...

[Annotator's Note: George Roberts served in the USAAF as a radio operator and gunner aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

On one mission, Bernard Smith's aircraft was taking off and the left wing began to dip. He got frightened and they hit...

Marvin Raymond Edwards [Annotator's Note: with the 856th Bombardment Squadron, 492nd Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force]...

The fog in England was so bad that Alfred Pierse Murphy ran into a parked jeep on his return to the base from the PX [...

Robert J. "Bob" Goebel's plane's [Annotator's Note: in the 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 12th Air Force]...

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