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John Gibbons met his future wife in Kansas before deploying overseas. Gibbons acted as the copilot for the flight...

William Meredith had the option to train to be a pilot, bombardier, or navigator. Meredith was in civil engineering. He...

Walter Bala was stationed at Old Buckenham, England and lived in a Quonset hut with 16 other men. The hut had no...

John T. "Jack" Race received his commission in February 1943. Since he was on detached service with the British [...

Walter Douglas was stationed at Pine Castle Air Base [Annotator's Note: Orlando, Florida] and he thought he may be...

John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...

When Donald Bryan was going to junior college the US was paying for pilot training [Annotator’s Note: the Civilian...

Gale Ammerman needed his weapons in the Varsity landing [Annotator's Note: Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945, Wesel,...

Jerome "Jerry" Riga's most vivid memory was his last flight over Bastogne [Annotator's Note: Bastogne, Belgium]. The...

Louis Cardenas had to bail out of the plane. [Annotator’s Note: Cardenas is referring to his plane getting shot down in...

John Angier never personally interacted with his German guards at Stalag Luft III-A [Annotator's Note: in Sagan, Poland...

James Elduff [Annotator’s Note: while serving as a pilot flying Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers with the...

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