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Bryan’s preference for aircraft depended on where he was. The P-47 was a great aircraft at low level. The P-51 was a...

For James "Jim" L. Brooks' [Annotator's Note: a pilot with 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force]...

[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] An average day of training for Seymour...

Jack Wilt grew up with his German great-grandparents and knew some German. However, when he reached Nuremberg, Germany...

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

A friend of Guy Stern's had some family in the north of Germany. A month or so after V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory...

After a couple days, Ralph Sykes crossed the river [Annotator's Note: Roer River] on a pontoon boat. His first combat...

Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...

[Annotator's Note: Lloyd Burns was a prisoner of war in Oflag XIII-B in Hammelburg, Germany and escaped during the...

Gilbert Shawn was not shipped to basic training. Instead, he went to an air field in Kentucky as a cadet. Shawn took a...

Freddie Ohr flew in a P-64 and a P-35. He cannot find the P-64 in modern books about fighters. Both were forerunners to...

Raymond Mason did his first flying in an L-4 [Annotator’s Note: Piper L-4 Grasshopper]. Mason saw barrage balloons when...

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