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The exact date that Irving Baum got to England [Annotator's Note: as a bombardier with the 407th Bombardment Squadron,...

While escorting bombers Clarence Anderson was leading his flight to the front of the bomber formation when he noticed a...

Richard Gibian thought the ground fire was dangerous. When flying to and from a target, pilots flew in an "S" motion to...

DeQuindre McGlaun crossed the Atlantic and landed in Scotland before flying to England where he joined the 8th Air...

Three years after the Berlin Airlift [Annotator's Note: Western Allies' operation to supply the blockaded city of West...

William Howard was flying in an airplane that another pilot had flown. They did not want to name their plane after his...

Vincent Losada woke up in the hospital and even though he was wounded, he considered himself lucky. He was put in a...

Bernard Peters was sent to Kern, Utah for basic training. They were in tar paper barracks. They went through a...

Monroe S. Wolyn remembers that the number three engine burned through fuel lines to the number four engine. Their plane...

Jack Rolfson did not like the missions where he had to go behind enemy lines. When he was in the service, the Army...

Herbert Heilbrun wore long johns under woolen pants with a warm shirt under a Mae West [Annotator's Note: inflatable...

Robert Rans' first impression of the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was that it was...

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