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Carl Platkin remembers they could not do anything about the flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire]. They...

Mack Fitzgerald was from Georgia and he enlisted in the Army Air Force. After training as a B-24 Liberator flight...

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

James "Jim" L. Brooks [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force] was...

Francis Dymnicki would wake up very early in the morning to prepare for a bombing mission. Daylight hours in England...

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

During the mission of 10 January [Annotator's Note: 10 January 1945], Walter Bala's plane was returning to base when it...

William Meredith’s job was to help escort bombers to their targets and back. If they did not run into trouble, they...

It was a month or more before Robert Heller became the pilot of a new crew. As new personnel came in, especially top...

On 31 May 1944, Frank Jasicko [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group,...

Joseph Krause was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1923. He recalls an enjoyable childhood where he played games, sports...

Robert J. "Bob" Goebel says the P-39 [Annotator's Note: Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter aircraft] had a bad reputation. It...

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