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There were roughly 36 planes in each mission from the base [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force Thurleigh in Thurleigh,...

James McDermott considered the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress the best airplane there was. He did not like the B-24 [...

Henry Burkle would meet every crew that came back to get the word from the pilot to know what was wrong with the planes...

Robert Heller was low on fuel and had to decide what to do. While looking for a field to take the plane down, he sent a...

Albert Porche was in Italy when the war in Europe ended. The men were to be transferred to Sweden but with the end, the...

Jack Sinise got hit a number of times [Annotator's Note: as a navigator aboard Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy...

At the conclusion of World War 2, Teddy Kirkpatrick returned to Michigan. He briefly attended the University of...

When Charles McGee first got to Italy, a lot of work was done trying to improve the living conditions. They still...

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

Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force...

Samuel W. Smith was asked if he would be a lead crew. It would cut down his missions to 30. He would have to have more...

The most memorable experience of the war for Omer Van Huylenbrouck is his first mission to Berlin [Annotator's Note:...

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