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Robert W. Paschal and his crew [Annotator’s Note: serving in the 613th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group]...

Omer Van Huylenbrouck went on his first combat mission with a different crew. It was nothing exciting. [Annotator's...

Chester Strunk was recruited and enlisted [Annotator's Note: in June 1942] but then told to return to college and await...

The exact date that Irving Baum got to England [Annotator's Note: as a bombardier with the 407th Bombardment Squadron,...

Herbert Heilbrun believes in the power of prayer. On his fourth mission, Heilbrun was flying with 36 airplanes in nine...

The 85 gallon fuselage tank [Annotator's Note: on the North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] was an afterthought...

Asked to describe his worst mission, Carl Koone recalled a long one that started normal and had proceeded on course...

In his discussion of his first tour of duty, Kenneth Beckman shares an anecdote about his 25th mission. [Annotator's...

Robert "Bob" Rickel had to kick a bomb out of the bomb bay from a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

When Maurice Hackler went overseas, he was a member of a crew flying a single B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17...

Henry Heim was sent to North Africa and then to Italy. They bombed on the other side of the Alps out of Italy. His...

After the normal briefing for Virgil Faust's second mission, he and the crew weren't much worried about the flight....

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