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Edward Field had his most memorable experience with the crash of his plane [Annotator's Note: after his plane was shot...

[Annotator’s Note: For the first two minutes of the recording, the interviewee is getting prepared for the interview.]...

Deep penetration raids were the most dangerous, according to Paul Lefever, and he was shot down during an attack on a...

Irving Baum flew seven combat missions [Annotator's Note: as a bombardier with the 407th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd...

Leonard Spivey did not have a full crew for the mission. On the Schweinfurt mission Spivey was the squadron lead...

Antonio C. Rodriquez was born in Martindale, Texas near San Marcos in December 1921. Rodriguez grew up on a farm where...

Glen Jostad and other POWs were evacuated from their initial Stalag [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft VI in Heydekrug,...

Donald Dean Paynter came back, finished school with an engineering degree, and went to work for Shell Oil Company. He...

The ten member B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] crew that Robert Heller joined was...

Kenneth Beckman discusses the comparatively impersonal nature of combat losses in the air versus those faced by the...

Vincent Pale was in Philadelphia when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He and some friends decided to...

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

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