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Harley Bridger's crew was sent to Mitchell Field on Long Island, New York. They were assigned a new airplane and they...

Lowell Brueland's first combat mission in the Mustang was a piece of cake. He performed escort duty with a flight of...

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

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

Robert W. Paschal was trained to hate the Germans and the Japanese so that troops would not have a problem shooting at...

Walter Douglas recalled a flight surgeon okayed one of his crewmen for a mission that he was not ready for. He also...

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

James Armstrong was assigned as a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber pilot and arrived in England in 1943. He...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Klenoski joined his bomber crew in Casper, Wyoming in late 1944.] He was married on New Year...

The war in the Pacific was over in August 1945. Donald Dean Paynter got out of the service that December. He had...

[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...

Alexander Jefferson's plane name was "Bubble Blue Subsoil." [Annotator's Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...

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