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William Howard flew a mission across the Channel [Annotator’s Note: English Channel] as his first mission. They bombed...

There was no way to avoid the war. Japan attacked a US territory [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...

Once in England, Richard Gibian was given a few hours in a P-47 [Annotator's Note: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter...

James Siracuse could hear the ammunition train he bombed exploding in the distance. Every time there was an explosion...

When Loevsky opened the nose turret to free the bombardier, the bombardier attempted to put on his shoes; according to...

Oscar Johnson was born in November 1925 in Pompano Beach, Florida. He had two brothers and a sister. His parents were...

Malcolm Higgins received messages from home [Annotator's note: while a prisoner of war at the Stalag Luft III POW camp...

Joel Urice remembers the plane “Our Gal Sal” [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in the 100th...

Robert Rans was born in Chicago, Illinois in April 1921. Family life was mostly normal until the war started. He worked...

For Alfred Pierse Murphy, the most difficult part of succeeding in a bombing mission was the flak [Annotator's Note:...

It was surprising to Baynham when his parachute opened. He could see a power line that he was being blown toward. He...

After gunnery school, Paul Lefever underwent training at Buckley Field, Colorado for pursuit armors training and had...

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