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Aubrey Bradley had always wanted to fly, but had never been in an airplane before he entered the Army Air Corps. His...

Leon Waldman was a waist gunner on the co-pilot’s side. Their crew flew 51 missions. [Annotator’s Note: Waldman...

The housing at Henry Sherman Fouts' base was very primitive. He slept on a canvas cot and had only a couple of blankets...

[Annotator's Note: Martin Richard's Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber was hit by antiaircraft fire near Caen,...

Dabney Montgomery arrived in Bari, Italy in January 1944. It was the day after a heavy German bombardment. There were...

Owen Gibb remembers that the Americans bombed during the day and the British bombed during the night. They flew B-17s [...

Richard "Dick" Schneider's first combat mission to bomb Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] was not a lot of fun...

Returning from overseas where he had been in charge of Air Force maintenance instructors, Eben Smith recaps...

On missions to Ploesti [Annotator’s Note: Ploesti, Romania], Theodore “Ted” R. Rogal [Annotator’s Note: a co-pilot with...

[Annotator's Note: William Fili, his tail gunner, and radio operator were all captured and placed in a village jail...

Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator in the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...

A typical mission for Carl Koone began with the officers going for briefings and the aircrew boarding trucks that took...

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