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Donald Dean Paynter always had problems with his heated suit and would be freezing. He would have to go on oxygen at 12...

James McDermott was being held in the British, North, compound at Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland. That is where The...

Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was born in Vienna, Austria in December 1925. She had strict parents but her childhood was very...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman bailed out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber over Vienna, Austria on 13...

Albion Kenneth Hutcherson's [Annotator’s Note: a radioman with the 335th Bombardment Squadron, 95th Bombardment Group,...

Glen Jostad was taken to Frankfurt, Germany for interrogation after his capture by the Germans. It was a rough time,...

John Geary thought the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was a great plane that could...

James "Jim" L. Brooks was born in January 1921 in Vinton, Virginia which was a rural area. Though his family lived on a...

Richard Tangradi’s missions lasted about eight hours [Annotator’s Note: while serving with the 349th Bombardment...

Lorcey J. Sonnier departed from Maine for duty overseas. He made a stop in Newfoundland, Iceland, Ireland, and Scotland...

The usual aim points for a bombing mission that Maurice Hackler flew were manufacturing, oil and transportation,...

John T. "Jack" Race had to go through training to become an officer and to take a flight test to qualify him for a...

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