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

Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. was accepted into pilot school [Annotator's Note: after having been drafted and the accepted...

Leonard Spivey had to part ways with the “Georgia Rebel” and Ocie Jones. The next mission of importance was when Spivey...

Returning to his first encounter during the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...

Richard Asbury flew 126 missions in the war. He only got into fights six times. He thought he was unlucky in...

John Noack was flown out of Barth, Germany and taken to a camp in France. They stayed there for about three or four...

[Annotator's Note: Bud Loring was badly burned after being shot down over France. Locals had taken him into a house to...

Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] and the men in the camp...

John Keema’s crew was forced to abort and did not fly the Schweinfurt mission. Münster was Keema’s fifteenth mission...

Vernon Grimes has lost two wives since the war, but never cried over them, despite loving them dearly. He believes his...

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...

Floyd Horne was born in Bowersville, Ohio in February 1922. He spent the first 18 years of life there until July 1940...

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