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George Roberts knew the losses were severe when flying over Schweinfurt because he could see them [Annotator's Note:...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman was captured after bailing out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and...

Robert J. "Bob" Goebel's plane's [Annotator's Note: in the 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 12th Air Force]...

Robert "Bob" Rickel does not recall the mission to Stuttgart [Annotator's Note: Stuttgart, Germany with the 524th...

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

Walter Bala grew up in Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit, Michigan]. His parents were Polish immigrants, and Bala had...

When his crew got to Italy, Edwin Sved said they lived in tents in a farm field, and flew out of a makeshift airstrip...

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

Robert A. Stachel was assigned to the 351st Squadron [Annotator's Note: 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment...

Clarence Carslon was sent to basic training in Tampa, Florida. From there he went to Lake Charles, Louisiana. He was...

Frank Bostwick flew 35 missions over Europe. His whole crew stayed together and relatively uninjured during those...

Jack Rolfson born in September 1921 in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in the city, went to school, and would ride his bike...

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