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Jesse Wofford thought the German Me-262s [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter aircraft] were "...

Carroll Knutson and his crew were leading the high squadron of a three squadron bombing group. Their target was a...

In January 1945, Walter Douglas flew his last mission which was to Paderborn [Annotator's Note: Paderborn, Germany],...

Lowell Brueland arrived in England from the United States. It was interesting being there. He witnessed beautiful...

The target that day [Annotator's Note: 24 April 1944, the day William Fili was shot down] was Ploesti [Annotator's Note...

Leon Waldman was a waist gunner on the co-pilot’s side. Their crew flew 51 missions. [Annotator’s Note: Waldman...

James Armstrong's final mission to Stuttgart, Germany. When he was awakened for the mission, he didn't know what the...

DeQuindre McGlaun [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] went...

Asked to describe his worst mission, Carl Koone recalled a long one that started normal and had proceeded on course...

Owen Gibb remembers that the Americans bombed during the day and the British bombed during the night. They flew B-17s [...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. remembers the mission flown to Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna, Austria]. Although the 8th...

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

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