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The weather in Europe during December 1944 was bad, according to James Pritchett's account, and the air space around...

Ardell Bollinger noticed large castles in India whereas others lived in shacks. Bollinger lived in India for about a...

John Angier first met his crew in the spring of 1944 and then went overseas in a brand-new, shiny, silver B-17 [...

In June 1942, Virgil Faust went overseas starting from Grand Island, Nebraska and traveling to Bangor, Maine, then to...

John Sacks learned about the airplane [Annotator's Note: the completely restored Boeing B-17-E heavy bomber named My...

Louis Cardenas remembers that they were taken from the capture site to Bucharest, Romania, the capital city. They were...

James Elduff [Annotator’s Note: when asked about landing his damaged Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber while...

Robert "Bob" Rickel fought in World War 2 to defend the United States. He fought because all his other friends fought...

Walter Douglas took advantage of the G.I. Bill to go to instrument flying school in Virginia and used it to purchase a...

Chester Strunk and his fellow crewmen were approached by locals on horseback immediately following their parachute...

Lloyd Geist learned the art of bartering by trading a fifth of whiskey for a BMW [Annotator's Note: Bayerische Motoren...

Perry Kerr was deployed to England in February 1945. They were constantly flying training missions before they started...

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