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Irvin Kennedy flew 21 missions [Annotator's Note: with the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, 8th Air...

Chester J. Butcher was sent overseas to England [Annotator's Note: with the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group...

After his B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] was shot down over Occupied France, Burnia...

Hewitt Brian Gomez was a navigator training with his crew at Chatham Field [Annotator's Note: Chatham, Georgia]. He...

Some of the primary targets Robert Whitcomb hit were marshalling yards, research facilities, and factories. They made...

In his discussion of his first tour of duty, Kenneth Beckman shares an anecdote about his 25th mission. [Annotator's...

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

After the war, Jack Buckner used the G.I. Bill to go to school. His first child was born, and he was having a tough...

Raymond Cauble just wanted to fly. There was a boy with them on the train to California. When they graduated, he went...

Herman Molen remembers his first mission with Captain Ted Tyler, nicknamed “Hard Luck” Tyler. He did not fly a mission...

Richard "Dick" Schneider had somewhat of a difficult time adjusting to civilian life upon his return to the United...

Emile Engles' parents took care to tell their children that when dealing with the Germans, and particularly the Gestapo...

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