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Harley Bridger recalls a mission on 13 October, Friday the 13th, 1944 to Blechhammer, Germany. It was a synthetic oil...

Harley Bridger was a radio operator. He learned to use a lead ball to help with his radio transmitter. The B-24 [...

In late October 1944, while flying a combat mission, Walter Douglas witnessed an air collision. Two B-17s [Annotator's...

Ghislaine Hegerty hated the German presence in her town [Annotator's Note: Courtrai, Belgium]. It was forbidden by the...

James Armstrong was assigned to Gowen Field outside of Boise, Idaho, where he began to train with his crew. He...

George Roberts was signed up to fly 25 missions. After flying only 16 missions, however, that required number was...

[Annotator’s Note: During this segment, interviewee asks a woman off camera questions. She sometimes comes into the...

Hewitt Brian Gomez and his crew [Annotator's Note: 857th Bombardment Squadron, 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)]...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Richard Klenoski what his impressions of England were.] They lived in tents. It...

The first couple of bombing missions William Fili was on were "milk runs" [Annotator's Note: slang term used by...

Norman Weber and his cousin heard a different sound to the sirens [Annotator’s Note: air raid sirens sounded near a...

Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr.'s first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment...

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