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There were roughly 36 planes in each mission from the base [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force Thurleigh in Thurleigh,...

Henry Burkle would meet every crew that came back to get the word from the pilot to know what was wrong with the planes...

Glen Jostad bailed out of his damaged Boeing B-17 heavy bomber and had a German fighter pass twice around him with the...

[Annotator's Note: Paul Bosworth served in the USAAF as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in...

[Annotator's Note: Joseph Krause served in the US Army Air Forces as a flight engineer and top turret gunner on a...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden slept in...

During his free time, Robert "Bob" Rickel slept, went to aircraft classes, or visited relatives in London [Annotator's...

Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force...

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

Samuel W. Smith was asked if he would be a lead crew. It would cut down his missions to 30. He would have to have more...

Virgil Faust was born in Windber, Pennsylvania, an old gold mining town. [Annotator's Note: Faust was born in August...

James "Jim" L. Brooks was born in January 1921 in Vinton, Virginia which was a rural area. Though his family lived on a...

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