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Freeman Dyson considers strategic bombing in World War 2 to be a mistake. A decision was made in 1936 to emphasize that...

During his free time, Robert "Bob" Rickel slept, went to aircraft classes, or visited relatives in London [Annotator's...

As a replacement aircrewman, Wendell Galbraith was received with open arms. One of the raids in August [Annotator's...

Lloyd Burns was on his ninth mission when his airplane was shot down [Annotator's Note: Burns was a pilot in the 598th...

Virgil Faust was born in Windber, Pennsylvania, an old gold mining town. [Annotator's Note: Faust was born in August...

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...

Cary Salter was in a dogfight when his wing was hit. It flipped the plane over. He went to pull out and nothing...

Albert Porche and the 99th Fighter Squadron landed in North Africa. [Annotator's Note: The 99th Fighter Squadron was an...

Otto Kirkpatrick was born in October 1921 in Marianna, Arkansas. In the summer of 1943, he graduated from navigation...

On days that Paul Lefever didn't fly, he would watch other squadrons take off, identify planes by their numbers, and...

Hewitt Brian Gomez and his crew [Annotator's Note: 857th Bombardment Squadron, 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)]...

They [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his crew] did everything they could do to keep their plane in the air after...

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