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George Roberts and his crewmates knew ahead of time if they were flying the next day. On the night of 7 October [...

Frank Finklang's most memorable experience of the war was when he found out that his crew members were missing in...

Lewis Thomas Easterling had broken his legs when his plane was hit and he could not go anywhere when he landed. A group...

Willard Haul "Jack" Coop [Annotator's Note: with the 418th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...

[Annotator's Note: There is background noise throughout this clip.] Jack Sinise had heard about the B-17 [Annotator's...

Jack Sinise arrived in England in January 1944 [Annotator's Note: and joined the 379th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...

Thomas Creekmore did what they told him [Annotator's Note: when Creekmore was drafted January 1943]. He told his wife...

Henry Lederer flew 92 missions. That is a lot when you wake up every morning and wonder if you are going to be around...

Monroe S. Wolyn ended up flat on the floor of the plane. He heard a loud bang. He could not move. The wing had blown...

When Clarence Carlson was assigned to England he had no idea what it would look like. The English were very good to...

Owen Gibb had a machine gun that put out four thousand rounds a minute. The gun was on a turret. They flew at night....

John Angier says that once the planes were settled on the bomb run, they could not change positions and the enemy knew...

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