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The first mission Paul Lefever participated in was the second Schweinfurt mission [Annotator's Note: on 14 October 1943...

Frank Buschmeier and his crew had another pilot for a few missions because the pilot was on leave. Fitzroy [Annotator's...

On 20 October 1942, Robert "Bob" Rickel began his military experience at Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: in Trenton, New...

Replacement pilots were in high demand in Europe so Joseph Pilcher was sent to Rennes, France for assignment to a...

Glen Jostad was first held in a German prisoner of war camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft VI in Heydekrug, Germany,...

Red Cross packages would come once every few weeks. Even though Martin Richard smoked, he saved his cigarettes. He...

Leonard Spivey notes that the Germans managed to get all of the prisoners out before the Russians came. All of the...

Samuel W. Smith was sent to Visalia, California for primary flight school. They flew PT-22 low-wing planes [Annotator’s...

Clyde East shot down his second German fighter just prior to the Battle of the Bulge near Frankfurt, Germany. He was on...

After war in Europe ended, Roland Dullnig had to wait until he earned enough points to return home [Annotator's Note: a...

Richard Tangradi went to Casper, Wyoming to get his crew. [Annotator’s Note: Tangradi talks about his crew.] The crews...

By March of 1944, Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter...

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