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Lederer, Henry Flight Training, Fear, and Respect
Henry Lederer chose to enlist in the Air Corps because he always loved flying. His father took him to Grand Central...
Hardy, George Flying 21 Combat Missions
George Hardy's unit had one loss in training at Walterboro [Annotator's Note: Walterboro Army Air Field, South Carolina...
Haslett, Revis Flying a Bomber During the War
Revis Haslett flew the Hump [Annotator's Note: the nickname given to the stretch of the Himalayas that American pilots...
Ammerman, Gale Flying a Broken Glider and Combat
Gale Ammerman had trained at the Alliance Army Airfield in Nebraska. He was only there a few weeks then went to North...
Freligh, Robert Flying an Avenger in combat
Robert Freligh probably decided to join the navy because his brother was in the army and there was most likely some...
Jordan, Bryce Flying and Teaching Acrobatics
For Bryce Jordan, PT-19 training [Annotator's Note: Fairchild PT-19 primary trainer aircraft] was not his first trip in...
Hardy, George Flying B-29s in Korea
George Hardy got news that he was going to Keesler [Annotator's Note: Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi...
Douglas, Walter Flying Combat Missions
In late October 1944, while flying a combat mission, Walter Douglas witnessed an air collision. Two B-17s [Annotator's...
Callender, Alvin Flying Combat Missions in Europe and North Africa
Alvin Callender was based at Shrewsbury, England, and he recalled one afternoon when the sky filled with Spitfires [...
Chamblin, Loyd Flying Dive Bombers
Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr., was sent to El Toro [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California] to...
Wisher, Charles Flying from Tinian in B-29s
Charles “Chuck” Wisher was based on Tinian [Annotator’s Note: as a crewman on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy...
Gust, Darrell Flying in Close Formation
When he arrived in England, Darrell D. Gust knew that at least a third of the original 28 crews that had gone over in...
Reed, Robert Flying in the Pacific
Robert Frederick Reed's unit trained with rockets in Hawaii, after having trained for bombing and torpedoes. Reed...
McGuire, Joseph Flying Jets
In June 1943, Joseph McGuire was sent to India. The day before he left, his colonel admitted he had been trying to keep...
Molen, Herman Flying Missions
Herman Molen was in the 305th Bombardment Group. They spent a lot of time training because of the weather. They would...
Lovell, James Flying Night Fighters and Becomming a Test Pilot
In James Lovell’s book [Annotator's Note: Lovell authored and co-authored multiple books and does not indicate which...
Dana, Newton Flying Overseas
After flight training [Annotator's Note: in the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber], Newton Dana was sent to...
Morehead, James B. Flying P-38s in Europe
On arrival in San Francisco, California, James Morehead reported to headquarters, and didn't like the planes he would...
Varner, Joel Flying P-51s in India and China
The war in Europe had ended, but the war in the Pacific continued. The Allies were supporting Chiang Kai-Shek [...
Cauble, Raymond Flying the B-24
Raymond Cauble just wanted to fly. There was a boy with them on the train to California. When they graduated, he went...
Harris, Robert "Bob" Flying The Hump
In the early part of 1943, Robert H. "Bob" Harris volunteered for overseas duty. In June he was finally shipped out....
McDermott, James Flying to England
James McDermott considered the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress the best airplane there was. He did not like the B-24 [...
Bernardi, Joseph Flying to England
Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior flew formation over the Gulf of Mexico when he was sent to Alexandria, Louisiana. They...
Shawn, Gilbert Flying with Jimmy Stewart
Gilbert S. Shawn flew with Jimmy Stewart [Annotator's Note: later US Air Force Brigadier General James "Jimmy" Stewart...
Holt, Thomas Food and Exercise in Camp
For Thomas Michael Holt, the worst part about being a prisoner of war was not having food. One American officer was a...
David, James Food and Postwar Career
James Warren David remarked how he missed eating fresh eggs, roast beef, gravy, seafood, and cous-cous, and other Cajun...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Formation of the WASPs, Disbanding the WASPs and Family
Geraldine Nyman thought that Cochran [Annotator's Note: Jacqueline Cochran] was independent. Nancy Love had started the...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Forming a Crew
Omer Van Huylenbrouck was assigned to a crew [Annotator's Note: Van Huylenbrouck indicates to the interviewer he has a...
Geary, Joseph Forming A Crew
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Geary finished navigation school and was assigned to a crew at Davis-Monthan Field, now Davis...
Synder, Harold Forming a Crew
Harold Daniel Snyder was assigned to one of the veteran gunners for training. After that gunner shipped back out,...
Edwards, Marvin Forming a Crew and Overseas Deployment
Marvin Raymond Edwards had all kinds in his crew. One was from New Mexico, several from the Midwest, one from Texas,...
Fienup, Victor Forming Crews and Going Overseas
Victor Fienup and his crew [Annotator's Note: in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Rozett, Walter Forming His Crew and Going Overseas
Walter Rozett had a very good relationship with the enlisted men [Annotator's Note: on his bomber crew] and saw several...
Kneflin, Charles Forming the 29th Bombardment Group
[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi for combat engineer training, which he did not...
Luce, Dwain Forming the 82nd Airborne Division
[Annotator's Note: Dwain Luce was commissioned in the Army and completed his active-duty requirement in 1938.] Luce was...
Barnett, Robert Forming the Scouts and Raiders
[Annotator's Note: Robert Barnett looks for some notes.] The Scouts and Raiders was formed in 1942. They [Annotator's...

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