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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...

Hewitt Brian Gomez received his commission and received a 10-day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...

Monroe S. Wolyn remembers that while traveling to Europe in a convoy, on one side all he could see was the ocean, and...

William Albright enlisted in the Army Air Corps because he wanted to fly, even though he had never flown before. He had...

Frank Dolsen [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] went on a...

Chester Brewer went by train to Deopham Green, which was near his airbase [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force Deopham...

Robert Wolff had leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in London [Annotator’s Note...

Irwin Stovroff was based in Shipdham Airfield outside of Norwich, England. Norwich was the central point for many of...

Richard Klenoski volunteered for aviation training while training to be a combat engineer. He qualified to be trained...

Jack Buckner enlisted because he was patriotic. It was his duty. He always wanted to fly so it was a great opportunity...

Frank A. Wiswall was a bombardier in the 8th Air Force. His worst missions were to Bremen, Germany, dropping bombs on...

Defying orders, Francis Neilson took pictures and kept a journal of his flights, and later put together a book that,...

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