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William Colgan served overseas with the 79th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force and flew in P-40s [...

[Annotators Note: Barney Old Coyote’s daughter steps in and asks a few questions.] The government had prohibited the...

Leon Hirsch enlisted in the Army Air Forces before high school graduation. He was inducted into service in August 1945...

The thing Steve Pisanos thinks about the most from the war was when he crash landed in France. When he arrived at the...

Flying the B-47 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-47 Sratojet subsonic strategic bomber] was great, according to Joseph...

In early March [Annotator's Note: March 1944] Harold Shook went on a special mission to bring three guys up to New York...

Vincent Pale would not do anything different if he had to do it all over again. After the war, Germany became America's...

There was a set procedure for ditching an airplane which they had practiced before. Everyone except the pilot and...

Walter Douglas was stationed at Pine Castle Air Base [Annotator's Note: Orlando, Florida] and he thought he may be...

Ray Garcia's worst experience happened in January 1945 when he could not fly because he had a cold. His best buddy,...

John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...

Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator in the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...

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