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John Angier first met his crew in the spring of 1944 and then went overseas in a brand-new, shiny, silver B-17 [...

George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group...

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

Henry Lederer says the crosshair gun sight they used was horse and buggy compared to what they have today. They knew...

Cary Salter went to Florida for flight training. He graduated as a second lieutenant in 1943. [Annotator’s Note: Salter...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was based in Italy in 1944. Card playing consumed a big part of the idle time spent on base...

Because of his P-47 Thunderbolt [Annotator's Note: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft] training, Ray Garcia was...

Lloyd Geist contributes his military and career success to his basic flying instructor, who taught him to feel the...

Ennis C. Warren finished one day before the crew did [Annotator’s Note: Warren was flight engineer on a Boeing B-17...

Jack Rolfson had a roommate who would find coal to warm their pot belly stove. He was a mathematician and was always...

Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: in Zagań, Poland] was not bad for James McDermott. It was a break between boredom...

Captured after bailing out of his flak damaged B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber], Eben...

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