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Francis Dymnicki does not remember his first mission. He flew missions over France in preparation for D-Day [Annotator'...

In August 1943, Robert "Bob" Rickel went on his second mission, the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission [Annotator's Note:...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. bailed out of his B-17 [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber named “...

Chester Lee Strunk was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan in December 1922. His father was a foundry worker. It was tough...

In Charlotte, North Carolina, Harold Shook was "just a junior birdman," and at the start of his time there witnessed a...

Before D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Myron L. Guisewhite...

Frank Buschmeier bounced around to different prisoner of war camps once he was finished with the interrogation. He...

Chester Brewer was sent to Las Vegas, Nevada and fired every gun from BB guns [Annotator's Note: air gun that fires...

Moosburg [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII, in Moosburg, Germany] was a consolidation of prisoners from all over. When...

Leonard Spivey did very well in his training and was qualified to continue training as a navigator. Spivey went to...

Walter Douglas and his crew were given a choice to go on a mission as a spare. They decided to go as a spare. On their...

[Annotator's Note: John K. Ward went overseas with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division on 16...

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