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Donald Strait's first victory came when he was escorting B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy...

The Halifax [Annotator's Note: Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber] did not carry quite as many bombs as the Lancaster [...

Paul James Grubb was assigned to bombing runs over the Alps into France after a few days [Annotator's Note: he had...

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

John Geary thought the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was a great plane that could...

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

James McDermott would get barley soup once in a while from the Germans [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was drafted and sworn into the army in July 1942. After taking aptitude tests, he was...

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

Eben Smith was born in August 1923 in Pasadena, California. He remembers his childhood as being unremarkable; his...

Donald Dean Paynter came back, finished school with an engineering degree, and went to work for Shell Oil Company. He...

Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force out of...

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