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

William Howard flew a mission across the Channel [Annotator’s Note: English Channel] as his first mission. They bombed...

Max Finesmith went into the briefing for his first mission before four in the morning. The plan was to takeoff by 8:30...

Herbert Heilbrun believes in the power of prayer. On his fourth mission, Heilbrun was flying with 36 airplanes in nine...

Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce went to work outside Vienna, Austria for the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force]....

In this clip, Richard Notebaert talks about the missions he flew over the bigger cities in Italy, attacking an airfield...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Joseph Geary what he and the men did on their downtime.] The best thing they...

Norman Bussel’s first mission was to Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany. He was anxious as he had no idea what to expect...

Monroe S. Wolyn remembers that while traveling to Europe in a convoy, on one side all he could see was the ocean, and...

Lloyd Burns was on his ninth mission when his airplane was shot down [Annotator's Note: Burns was a pilot in the 598th...

Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: stationed in England with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group,...

John Lawler flew a P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] with the 2nd Squadron, 52nd...

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