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[Annotator's Note: Richard R. Ruess served as a navigator in the 1st Mapping Group.] He received orders [Annotator's...

Bernard Kofsky's [Annotator's Note: with the 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] worst mission was in Schweinfurt [...

Frank Hilliard [Annotator's Note: with the 5th Air Force] enjoyed his stay at Ardmore [Annotator's Note: Ardmore,...

Paul Roach was born in January 1921 in Hugoton, Kansas. He went through high school. It was not a big school. He had...

Out of 35 missions, Maurice Hackler only had one mission he considered a close call. He was flying deputy, watching the...

After the war, Jack Buckner used the G.I. Bill to go to school. His first child was born, and he was having a tough...

Joseph Pilcher said that when the war ended in Europe, it seemed like every aircraft in the 9th Air Force went airborne...

William Patrick Bonelli transferred to England. For the first six months, he served as an aircraft maintenance advisor...

Joel Urice remembers the plane “Our Gal Sal” [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in the 100th...

After being a prisoner of war in Germany, Donald E. Casey returned to the United States and suffered from post...

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

In May 1944, Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. completed all of his training and shipped out for Foggia, Italy where he joined...

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