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Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. had several good, non-combat-related flights [Annotator's Note: with the 351st Bombardment...

Carroll Knutson flew his first mission as part of the thousand bomber raid over Berlin. He discusses his feelings in...

[Annotator's Note: Thomas Eakes served in the US Army Air Forces with the 713th Bombardment Squadron, 448th Bombardment...

James Crane’s brother was taken prisoner by the Germans [Annotator’s Note: after being shot down over the Ploesti...

Kenneth Beckman's first mission [Annotator's Note: Beckman was a navigator in the 366th Bombardment Squadron, 305th...

On 7 December 1941, Walter Douglas recalled that he was sitting in an apartment in Washington D.C. listening to the...

Donald Dean Paynter always had problems with his heated suit and would be freezing. He would have to go on oxygen at 12...

Both Air Forces [Annotator's Note: the US Army Air Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force] did a good job of...

Herman Molen was in the 305th Bombardment Group. They spent a lot of time training because of the weather. They would...

James Armstrong was born in Bradenton, Florida and attended high school there [Annotator's Note: he doesn't specify his...

Replacement pilots were in high demand in Europe so Joseph Pilcher was sent to Rennes, France for assignment to a...

Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was born in Vienna, Austria in December 1925. She had strict parents but her childhood was very...

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