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Enemy fighters would come from all directions at the bombers. William Fili says they would dive fast and then turn away...

[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary was born Whitman,...

Assigned as a B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] pilot, Eben Smith arrived first in...

Otto Kirkpatrick talked with some of the guys about how the war affected them after Germany surrendered. Some of them...

George Roberts was signed up to fly 25 missions. After flying only 16 missions, however, that required number was...

Daniel Samuelson had some close missions. They had several engine losses. They were alright. Flak [Annotator's Note:...

In 1944, after bailing out of his damaged aircraft, Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a bombardier with the 407th...

Stephen Ananian says that the idea that if the Germans had built their jet fighters sooner in the war, it would have...

Bernard Smith was fortunate because when he got overseas, the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force] had been...

Robert J. "Bob" Goebel feels it was not a big deal to become an Ace [Annotator's Note: military aviator credited with...

Ryan O'Brien returned to his same crew after being hospitalized for an injury in a crash. His 35th mission was his last...

Kenneth Beckman was born in August 1922 in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was raised in Northampton, Massachusetts where...

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