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Robert Shoens' squadron had about four to six planes available. When they went back to Berlin on the eighth [Annotators...

Henry Lederer says that over 600,000 people were killed in the Civil War. [Annotator's Note: American Civil War, 1861...

Ben Epstein was born in April 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of four sons of Russian immigrants. His father...

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

Eugene Vaadi enlisted in the US Army Air Forces at age 20 and was sent to Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama for...

George Grugett was on a mission to Trento [Annotator's Note: Trento, Italy]. They were going into the Brenner Pass [...

In 1943, the 328th was stationed at Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York. The 47th was stationed down near the coast....

Robert Wolff was sent to Frankfurt [Annotator’s Note: Frankfurt, Germany]. Wolff had been promoted to first lieutenant...

Frank Bostwick flew 35 missions over Europe. His whole crew stayed together and relatively uninjured during those...

Samuel W. Smith was asked if he would be a lead crew. It would cut down his missions to 30. He would have to have more...

After completing training at various bases and trained on various planes, Gerald Auerbach was assigned to Kelly Field [...

Frank Ramsey wanted to be in the Army Air Corps. His uncle had served in the First World War [Annotator's Note: World...

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