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Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force at...

Robert Doolan was in the oldest camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland]. It had been abused by the...

At the conclusion of World War 2, Kenneth Beckman stayed in the Air Force and eventually wound up in Japan with his...

John Gibbons is a big believer in the Boeing B-17. He saw a lot of planes that were damaged. Gibbons flew a plane named...

In March 1943, Robert "Bob" Rickel was given orders to go through gunnery school. He did not understand why he was...

Robert Harris flew his first combat mission over France on D-Day. [Annotator’s Note: D-Day was on 6 June 1944 when...

John Paul and his aircrew arrived in England in January 1944. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Paul if he flew...

While a prisoner of war in Timisu, Romania, Robert Rans was somewhat aware of the significance of the raid on Ploesti [...

Each crew had a tent to themselves. In the 483rd Group [Annotators Note: Bombardment group] there were about 20 tents....

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

Myron L. Guisewhite was sent back to Europe with the occupation Army. Assigned to France, he became involved with the...

On one of Hewitt Brian Gomez's missions he and his crew spotted a German plane and they thought he was going to attack...

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