Air warfare

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Holloman, William Segment 7
A typical day [Annotator’s Note: in Italy during the war in 1945] started at 4:40 or 5:00 in the morning. After...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 7
Leonard Spivey was hanging in his parachute and it was cold. Spivey was not uncomfortable because he thinks he had a...
Noack, John Segment 7
John Noack notes that everything was fine that day. They had escort until they had to turn back. The fighters reached...
Ramage, James D. "Jig Dog" Segment 7
Ramage was not pleased with the results. Ramage believed for awhile that it was going to be a one way mission. Ramage...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 7
Vejtasa made several raids prior to the Battle of the Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: 4-8 May 1942]. After Tulagi, they...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 7
Ardell Bollinger did not report back to base immediately. Bollinger still has shrapnel in his foot from when he was...
Whitten, Sumner Segment 7
Whitten noticed heavily armed Marines around the runway. At about that time they were warned to be prepared for enemy...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 7
The fighters rendezvoused with the SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber], then had to look after...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 7
Alexander Jefferson flew in the Ploesti Raid. It was the first time Jefferson had ever gotten sick. They escorted B-17s...
Keema, John Segment 7
Keema had flown back to back to back missions on eight, nine, and ten [Annotator’s Note: 8, 9, and 10 October 1943]....
Armanini, Joseph Segment 7
Joseph Armanini tells a story about how the tail of a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 7
They [Annotator’s Note: the dive bombers] would cut the engines if nothing came back from the PBY's and call it a day [...
Gibbons, John Segment 7
To John Gibbons none of the missions he flew were as bad as the 19 March mission [Annotators Note: the 19 March 1944...
Gross, Clayton Segment 8
When Clayton Kelly Gross returned to his unit after his 30 day leave, they were flying the Mustang and he flew it long...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 8
Clarence Anderson went on a couple of patrols with an experienced pilot in the lead and was then sent out on his own....
Shoens, Robert Segment 8
Robert Shoens' squadron had about four to six planes available. When they went back to Berlin on the eighth [Annotators...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 8
After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] the action really slowed down...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 8
Freddie Ohr was treated to another huge dinner. The Korean man told him to come down every night around seven. Ohr...
Hoff, Donald Segment 8
Donald Hoff's plane was not bothered but some of the other planes were. For the afternoon strike, they had a full air...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 8
Leonard Spivey was told that the war was over for him and that he would not be fighting again. Spivey gave them name,...
Karr, Robert Segment 8
The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...
Noack, John Segment 8
John Noack pitied his copilot because he had to endure that rough take off. They got above the clouds and assembled...
Ramage, James D. "Jig Dog" Segment 8
1 of the guys that Ramage was flying with looked back at 1 of the burning Japanese carriers and said,"Look back. She's...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 8
Before the Battle of the Coral Sea , Vejtasa's group got some information on the Japanese base at Rabaul and the...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 8
Living aboard the USS Enterprise was tough. Feightner slept in a hammock under a 5 inch gun mount. Other pilots bunked...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 8
Alexander Jefferson went into Stalag Luft III with about 75 to 100 prisoners. The rooms were crowded so they turned the...
Keema, John Segment 8
John Keema and a lot of the guys he flew with had qualms about the Münster raid. Unfortunately he did not have anyone...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 8
Joseph Armanini describes how he thought regarding his survival. He describes his sense of confidence and also his...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 9
On the Memmingen mission, which was the first day after he arrived, the ball turret gunner was killed on another plane...
Gross, Clayton Segment 9
Clayton Kelly Gross recalled the date he shot the jet down was in April of 1945. The last month of the war they could...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 9
Clarence Anderson's group came across a straggling B-17 and decided to head out to escort it. While they were on their...
Luckadoo, John Segment 9
John Luckadoo was the operations officer of the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 9
When Alexander Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when his parachute opened up. He...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 9
Yellin recalls that the Japanese were in the caves. One person described that the Japanese were not on Iwo Jima, but...
Henderson, William Segment 9
Henderson's outfit was hit by enemy fighters pretty heavy on one mission. His plane was not hit. It was a long mission...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 9
Freddie Ohr sat down and everybody sat around him to keep him warm. Ohr got up and looked around and realized there was...

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