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In 1944, after bailing out of his damaged aircraft, Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a bombardier with the 407th...

The usual aim points for a bombing mission that Maurice Hackler flew were manufacturing, oil and transportation,...

Daniel Samuelson had some close missions. They had several engine losses. They were alright. Flak [Annotator's Note:...

George Grugett says the B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] is a wonderful airplane....

Richard Tangradi’s missions lasted about eight hours [Annotator’s Note: while serving with the 349th Bombardment...

Recounting his experience in France after he was shot down, James Armstrong comments that the French people were very...

Bernard Smith was fortunate because when he got overseas, the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force] had been...

Robert "Bob" Rickel says that there was very little room in the B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

The missions George McGovern flew usually required between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds of bombs, with ten of those bombs...

Virgil Faust's first mission overseas was to Flushing, Belgium, which was a milk run [Annotator's Note: slang term used...

Robert Bueker had navigation training in Hondo, Texas. He was in San Antonio [Annotator's Note: San Antonio, Texas] on...

The first plane Dr. Roscoe Brown shot down was a Me-262 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter...

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