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Bosworth, Paul Mechanical Issues on their Last Mission
Paul Bosworth had no encounters with German fighters. The only time he shot his guns was to ensure they were not frozen...
Gomez, Hewitt Chosen for Secret Missions
Hewitt Brian Gomez was a navigator training with his crew at Chatham Field [Annotator's Note: Chatham, Georgia]. He...
McGovern, George Going Home, Close Calls, and Military Decorations
On their way back to the United States, they [Annotator's Note: George McGovern and his crew] had to make a stop in the...
Sved, Edwin Flying Combat Missions out of Italy
When his crew got to Italy, Edwin Sved said they lived in tents in a farm field, and flew out of a makeshift airstrip...
Brooks, James Rural Life to Fighter Pilot
James "Jim" L. Brooks was born in January 1921 in Vinton, Virginia which was a rural area. Though his family lived on a...
Bridger, Harley Cold at Altitude
Harley Bridger was a radio operator. He learned to use a lead ball to help with his radio transmitter. The B-24 [...
Garcia, Ray Operation Strangle
Ray Garcia landed in Italy in October 1944. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses to provide a brief break in the...
Salter, Cary Fighter Squadron 353
Cary Salter was in a dogfight when his wing was hit. It flipped the plane over. He went to pull out and nothing...
Graham, Marvin Ball Turret in a B-24
[Annotator's Note: Audio is not good throughout this clip.] Marvin Raymond Graham had no expectations of what flight...
Hutcherson, Kenneth Combat Missions
Albion Kenneth Hutcherson's [Annotator’s Note: a radioman with the 335th Bombardment Squadron, 95th Bombardment Group,...
Finklang, Frank Amazing Stories During Missions
Frank Finklang recalls a mission where a plane in front of him was hit and the pilot bailed out but did not have time...
Jostad, Glen The Heydekrug Run
Glen Jostad and other POWs were evacuated from their initial Stalag [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft VI in Heydekrug,...

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