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Hilliard, Madlyn and Paul Segment 2
For Paul Hilliard, The National WWII Museum obtaining an SBD [Annotators Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] is a...
McKee, Ralph Segment 2
McKee relates the story of how his new crew lost their original Navigator and Bombardier when they bailed out of their...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 2
Oscar Johnson went to Kingman, Arizona for gunnery school and then to Lincoln, Nebraska to assemble the crew. From...
Gross, Clayton Segment 2
Clayton Kelly Gross should have been on the first combat mission, but when it happened he was in the hospital with a...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 21
Freddie Ohr notes that another day LeMay [Annotators Note: USAAF then USAF General Curtis LeMay] landed and was looking...
Luckadoo, John Segment 3
John Luckadoo was a copilot in the 100th Bombardment Group based at Thorpe Abbotts. Dye [Annotators Note: Glen Dye, the...
Leahr, John Segment 3
Leahr was shipped overseas in early 1944. He had graduated in Class 43-G [Annotator's Note: Class 43-G graduated in...
Shoens, Robert Segment 3
The English were incredibly grateful for the American presence. Robert Shoens and his crew stuck together when they got...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 3
Ensign Earnest said that as he was heading down, he lost elevator control; the stick was loose in his hand. Ensign...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 3
When Merrill went aboard the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] she was damaged but had been patched up....
Sherman, Richard Segment 3
Going overseas was quite the adventure for Sherman. Sherman stopped at numerous points throughout the war. He was a...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 3
[Annotators Note: Barney Old Coyote’s daughter steps in and asks a few questions.] The government had prohibited the...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 3
Dupuy remembers a mission to Joliet. They carried two thousand pound bombs on the P-40 [Annotator’s Note: American P-40...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 3
Leonard Spivey enjoyed his baptism by fire on his first mission. Their first mission was on 22 June and they went to...
Baynham, James Segment 3
The only thing Baynham recalls about any of his missions except for Dessau was the flak.The day after he was shot down...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 3
The engines on the plane that Thatcher was working with were in phenomenal shape due to the diligence they displayed in...
Rall, Gunther Segment 3
The Americans had very qualified airplanes in the P-51 and P-47. He remembered that the P-47 could keep a higher speed...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 3
They missed the Battle of the Coral Sea. They were told that the Lexington was sunk and the Yorktown was damaged....
Candelaria, Richard Segment 3
On 7 April [Annotators Note: 1945] the Luftwaffe put up a huge effort consisting of many types of fighters. Richard...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 3
Alexander Jefferson’s plane name was “Bubble Blue Subsoil” [Annotator’s Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 3
Gatewood led his squadron on his fourth mission. At 1 point during the raid he was all by himself and had to pull up to...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 3
Fw190s [Annotator's Note: German Focke Wulf 190 interceptor aircraft] attacked the group the day Oscar Johnson was shot...
Gibbons, John Segment 3
John Gibbons does not believe that there was much gloom and doom when they were told during the briefing that the...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 4
Loevsky washed out as a pilot and went to Navigation school. He graduated from navigation school in Hondo, Texas in...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 4
Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...
Luckadoo, John Segment 4
John Luckadoo’s crew was the first in the 100th Bombardment Group to complete their 25 mission but Luckadoo was not...
Leahr, John Segment 4
An average escort mission would last for 5 to 6 hours but some lasted 7 hours or more. That was a long time to be in a...
Shoens, Robert Segment 4
Robert Shoens was told what the plan was going to be for the Berlin raid. They went over specifics regarding flight...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 4
Ferrier was given a weekend pass and stayed at the Royal Hawaiian hotel. At the hotel Ferrier did not talk to many...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 4
Alexander Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero [Annotators Note:...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 4
Yellin taxied and saw mounds of Japanese bodies [Annotator's Note: on Iwo Jima]. Bulldozers were pushing the bodies...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 4
Rankin's squadron [Annotator's Note: 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group] had an apartment in London that the men...
Sherman, Richard Segment 4
When they finally stopped they were a couple feet away from a hut. The next morning there were people working on the...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 4
Twenty minutes out of his home base and Barney Old Coyote was in enemy territory. is first mission was to Rouen, France...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 4
The 2nd plane [Annotator’s Note: the 2nd kamikaze on 10 May 1945] that hit them hit the after engine room. He came in...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 4
Dupuy flew air support for the Marines who were landing on Tinian [Annotator’s Note: July 1944]. The invasion took...

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