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After the war, trolley missions were flown to show ground personnel the damage that had been done to Germany. Donald...

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

Walter Bala was born Walter Baloski in September 1923 and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. His parents were Polish...

Frank Finklang quickly learned from the "old timers" to hold onto K-rations [Annotator's Note: individual daily combat...

Frank Finklang was put with experienced crews for nine missions, and then his original crew was reformed to fly their...

The 71st Fighter Squadron [Annotator's Note: 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force] usually guarded...

Cary Salter went to Florida for flight training. He graduated as a second lieutenant in 1943. [Annotator’s Note: Salter...

Glen Jostad and other POWs were evacuated from their initial Stalag [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft VI in Heydekrug,...

Lewis Thomas Easterling was put on a luxury liner in July 1944 and enjoyed his passage overseas. His ship landed in...

Norman Bussel arrived in Glasgow, Scotland and were greeted by a bagpipe band. The Red Cross had coffee and donuts but...

Carl Platkin remembers they could not do anything about the flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire]. They...

Archie Maltbie’s first mission from England was against a French railroad bridge. Several pilots missed the bridge but...

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