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Stachel, Robert Deployment to England
Robert A. Stachel was assigned to the 351st Squadron [Annotator's Note: 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment...
McGovern, George Reading, Mail, and Losing His Father
George McGovern also read the Stars and Stripes, the Bible, and various newspapers. He sent home most of what he was...
Brainard, William Bailing Out
William White Brainard served as a radioman on a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] for...
Angier, John Being a Pathfinder and the Stress of Combat
John Angier had trained in the Boeing B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] Pathfinder,...
Galbraith, Wendell Pilot Error and No Beer
Wendell Galbraith has never told a story about the time he learned what it was like to go down in a plane while not...
Brown, Roscoe Strafing a Train, Higher Education and Civil Rights
Dr. Roscoe Brown was attacking a train one time. He was leading the squadron [Annotator's Note: 100th Fighter Squadron...
Goebel, Robert Most Exciting Mission
The mission that sticks out the most to Bob Goebel was flown on 18 August [Annotator's Note: 18 August 1944]. There was...
Goebel, Robert Ploesti
Ploesti [Annotator's Note: Ploesti, Romania] was different from the other targets that Robert J. "Bob" Goebel flew...
Callender, Alvin Flying Combat Missions in Europe and North Africa
Alvin Callender was based at Shrewsbury, England, and he recalled one afternoon when the sky filled with Spitfires [...
Sharp, Chester Aircraft Commander
[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp and his crew [Annotator's Note...
Schaller, Henry The War Ends
Henry Schaller's bomber [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy bomber] flew at 23,000 feet. It was 33...
Murphy, Alfred Bad Weather and Last Mission
The fog in England was so bad that Alfred Pierse Murphy ran into a parked jeep on his return to the base from the PX [...

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