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In the summer of 1944, John J. Connelly was serving with the 44th Bombardment Group [Annotator’s Note: 44th Bombardment...

Norman Bussel’s first mission was with an older, experienced crew. Lieutenant Hughes was the pilot and the crew were...

After enlisting in the Army Air Corps, Roland Dullnig attended basic training and aircraft mechanic school at a base in...

Nolan Ruiz and his crew had completed 20 of the requisite 25 missions in their tour of duty and he comments that they...

Stanley Berman's [Annotator's Note: with the 8th Air Force] daily routine overseas was waking up, going to wash up in...

The worst part of the mission to Bremen for George Roberts was the fighters. Roberts operated his gun from the radio...

Lorcey J. Sonnier departed from Maine for duty overseas. He made a stop in Newfoundland, Iceland, Ireland, and Scotland...

Preflight for Henry Sherman Fouts' missions [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment...

Paul Lefever acknowledged that many men suffered because there was a stigma attached to going to a "flak house" for...

When John B. Butz arrived in Naples [Annotator's Note: Naples, Italy] it was extremely run down. The citizens there...

Charles Childs was told he would be leading the Group [Annotator's Note: 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force] soon....

Ralph Francis Hogan landed in a farm field after bailing out of his plane. Initially when he landed, he thought he...

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