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Spivey, Leonard Segment 4
Leonard Spivey had to part ways with the “Georgia Rebel” and Ocie Jones. The next mission of importance was when Spivey...
Noack, John Segment 4
John Noack and his crew finally got a plane. They took their time in breaking it in. Finally they received orders to go...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 4
Ardell Bollinger had a couple of missions near Paris and Hamburg going after submarines. The cities had a large amount...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 4
Hopkins was the 33rd plane to take off. It was the 1st time that Hopkins took off carrying a live bomb. After he took...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 4
When Richard Candelaria returned to base he did rolls to signify his victories. The crew chiefs could tell that the...
Keema, John Segment 4
John Keema and his group arrived in Framlingham in mid-July around the time of the Hamburg raids. Keema got to go into...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 4
Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...
Gibbons, John Segment 4
When John Gibbons arrived over Berlin that day [Annotators Note: 6 March 1944] the flak was incredibly intense. Gibbons...
Luckadoo, John Segment 5
A typical mission for John Luckadoo started by him being woken up between three and half past three in the morning,...
Shoens, Robert Segment 5
Robert Shoens knew that the planes coming towards him were not the much hoped for escort. In the briefing room after...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 5
When the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier] was attacked and ensign Mears and...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 5
The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alexander Vraciu was...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 5
Yellin recalls strafing runs on Chici-jima which was about a hundred or so miles from Iwo Jima. Yellin strafed the...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 5
Rankin had made "Ace in a Day." [Annotator's Note: a term used to describe a fighter pilot scoring five or more...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 5
From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below. The carriers could be identified by their size...
Sherman, Richard Segment 5
Sherman was going to hit a target on Formosa. They took off and flew practically at sea level. When they got back to...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 5
Barney Old Coyote’s unit received Presidential Unit Citations for the job they did in bombing bases in the...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 5
Steve Pisanos scored his first victory on 21 May [Annotators Note: 21 May 1943]. They had taken bombers to Frankfurt,...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 5
Dupuy was rotated out after his escort missions on Truk. There was no system of rotation for pilots in the Pacific like...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 5
Leonard Spivey notes that the Schweinfurt experience was his major experience in combat. It is considered to be one of...
Karr, Robert Segment 5
Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...
Noack, John Segment 5
John Noack was apparently knocked out momentarily when he was hit. Noack himself does not remember losing consciousness...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 5
Ardell Bollinger learned about his mission to France the night before 23 September. [Annotator’s Note: Bollinger is...
Rall, Gunther Segment 5
After losing his thumb Rall was out of combat for a while because his wound was infected.He went back to his wing early...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 5
At Santa Cruz Feightner and Wickendoll [Annotator's Note: Lt(jg) Maurice Wickendoll] were flying CAP [Annotator's Note...
Keema, John Segment 5
There was a set procedure for ditching an airplane which they had practiced before. Everyone except the pilot and...
Gibbons, John Segment 5
They [Annotators Note: John Gibbons and the rest of the 100th Bombardment Group] were ordered by Doolittle [Annotators...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 6
Clarence Anderson feels that the P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] was a big factor...
Luckadoo, John Segment 6
John Luckadoo and the other aircrews began receiving heavy fire as soon as they reached the enemy coast. The flak was...
Shoens, Robert Segment 6
Robert Shoens notes that they used to argue about certain things at their reunions. There were other missions when...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 6
Ferrier's airplane was taken back to Pearl Harbor after the battle. The engineers do all sorts of things to the plane,...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 6
Alexander Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer], out over the...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 6
Rankin got two confirmed, one probable, and one "damaged" during a fight on 15 March [Annotator’s Note: 1944]. All of...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 6
Merrill's roommate was Olie Hansen.After a raid the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, CV-6...
Sherman, Richard Segment 6
There were 2 machine guns to the left of the pilot. There were 3 guns on the right side plus a swivel gun in the nose...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 6
They [Annotators Note: Barney Old Coyote and his older bother] went to gunnery school and did not know where they were...

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