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James Kemp McLaughlin could see the German fighters approaching. The Germans liked to attack from the front and when...

Norma Jean Ford Beard lost her father in the war. His remains were only recovered recently. [Annotator’s Note: Beard's...

Frank A. Wiswall graduated from aviation school and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in January 1943. He...

James Morehead discusses his aerial victory while he was on an escort mission over Romania. He saw two planes that...

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

Norman Bussel and his crew were headed towards Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944 on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress....

Ryan O'Brien crashed on 10 December 1944. O'Brien had been sent to lead navigator school. He flew a lot in the lead...

Kenneth Beckman discusses the comparatively impersonal nature of combat losses in the air versus those faced by the...

Warren Schmitt was born in October 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father worked as a mechanic for Linde Air...

The ten member B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] crew that Robert Heller joined was...

Herman Molen remembers some pilots had good records and others did not. The lead plane had two engines out [Annotator’s...

Antonio C. Rodriquez reported to Fort Sam [Annotator's Note: Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas in September 1943...

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