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When Francis Neilson got back to the United States, the war with Japan was still raging. He had a ten day furlough [...

Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...

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

Robert Bueker had navigation training in Hondo, Texas. He was in San Antonio [Annotator's Note: San Antonio, Texas] on...

It was normal to lose two or three airplanes on any mission over a good target like Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna,...

Jerome "Jerry" Riga completed over 40 missions [Annotator's Note: as a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot] in...

Otto Kirkpatrick got orders on Easter Sunday 1943 to transfer to the 322nd Bomb Group [Annotator’s Note: 322nd...

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

The only time Capers Andrews Holmes, Jr.'s base was attacked was when a group of German fighters followed Holmes' bomb...

Floyd Horne's combat tour ended 10 August 1944. He went up to Chorley [Annotator's Note: Chorley, England] for three...

Frank Bostwick arrived in Liverpool, England. Shortly afterward, the men were shipped to Northern Ireland for...

William Fili had not been trained how to bail out of an aircraft. They had one bit of instruction. OSS [Annotator's...

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