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Henry Lederer says the crosshair gun sight they used was horse and buggy compared to what they have today. They knew...

[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary served with the...

It was a month or more before Robert Heller became the pilot of a new crew. As new personnel came in, especially top...

Clayton Kelly Gross recalls getting to England and the bombing going on from there. They were assigned to the 9th Air...

Marvin Raymond Edwards had all kinds in his crew. One was from New Mexico, several from the Midwest, one from Texas,...

Frank Bostwick was born in 1925 in Blanchard, Louisiana and grew up in Blanchard during the Great Depression. His...

Frank Bostwick joined the ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] for three years while he was in high...

Robert Jones' plane was named "Rebel Butch". He was dating a gal in Alabama who was nicknamed Butch. Rebel was attached...

Frank Dolsen [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] went on a...

Bud Loring retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel. After World War 2 he joined a National Guard unit. He had a...

William White Brainard served as a radioman on a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] for...

Clyde East and his wingman engaged four enemy fighters as they flew along a railroad they were assigned to observe. His...

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