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Mason Brownell Fitch determined that radar was very important when flying missions into Japan. The terrain was much...

After pilot training, Homer Myers got his commission. He went to Tampa, Florida and started his B-17 [Annotator's Note...

[Annotator's Note: Selwyn Gilmore served in the United States Army Air Forces as a ground crew armorer for the Boeing B...

On 22 December [Annotator's Note: 22 December 1941], James Morehead headed south from San Francisco, California for...

Richard Baile and other airmen who took part in the nighttime firebombing raid on Tokyo still have reunions. At one the...

William Stewart was set to get discharged. He was considered surplus and could get out six months early. They fought...

Donald Marsaglia had enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a number of factors that...

Hersey Goodwin does not remember his first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 11th Bombardment Group, 7th Air Force]....

[Annotator's Note: William Smith was shot down while attacking Kavieng, New Ireland, New Guinea. He was rescued and...

Charles Wesley Borders' unit [Annotator's Note: 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance...

Air Corps training for Lincoln Piazzo consisted of primary, basic and advanced programs, and was conducted in three...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin joined the Army in Columbus, Ohio in November 1942.] Kneflin was sent to Fort Sill,...

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