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Warren Schmitt was born in October 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father worked as a mechanic for Linde Air...

After surviving ditching [Annotator's Note: in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber], Edward Field returned to his...

Eugene W. Chambers' mission [Annotator's Note: while serving with the 406th Night Leaflet Squadron, 492nd Bombardment...

[Annotator's Note: William Fili, his tail gunner, and radio operator were all captured and placed in a village jail...

Edgar A. Grabhorn [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was moved to Frankfurt [Annotator's Note: Frankfurt, Germany]...

When George Roberts flew to Schweinfurt they ran out of ammunition, except for in the radio room, on the way to the...

A typical mission for Carl Koone began with the officers going for briefings and the aircrew boarding trucks that took...

John B. Butz and his entire crew were transferred from the 460th Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: 760th Bombardment...

The first mission Paul Lefever participated in was the second Schweinfurt mission [Annotator's Note: on 14 October 1943...

On Russell Brien's third mission his aircraft lost an engine. [Annotator's Note: Brien was a nose gunner on...

Paul James Grubb was part of the air war in support of the fierce ground fighting in the Alps before the German forces...

Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. served with the 772nd Bombardment Squadron, 463rd Bombardment Group, 5th Bombardment Wing,...

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