Naval Aviation

Aerial bombardment (2396)
Air warfare (2165)
Submarine warfare (764)
Bailing out/loss of plane (639)
Naval shore bombardment (524)
Kamikazes (460)
Carrier warfare (423)
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Tarkington, Frank B-29s on Tinian
A regular day for Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] was to keep the transmitters going...
Burke, Dracos B-29s, the Atomic Bombs and Staying in the Service
When the US Army Air Corps started closing down the bombardier schools in early 1945, Dracos Burke was reassigned to...
Shaw, Roger Back Aboard the SS George Gayle
Roger Shaw returned to the SS George Gayle after his leave in New Orleans, Louisiana. The was his original ship. It...
Samuelson, Daniel Back Home and The Atomic Bombs
Daniel Samuelson finished his 35 missions. He had flown over from Florida to Scotland and then went to England. After...
Hoff, Donald Back to the USS Enteprise (CV-6)
To conserve what little was left in the battery, Donald Hoff turned off the transmitter, receiver, intercom and IFF or...
Houston, Jack Back Up Sugarloaf
Jack Houston and a buddy who had been cut by a bayonet stayed in their hole for a while. Houston had a buddy named Joe...
McCaslin, Lorraine "Lorraine Taix" Backstory of a Radioman
Lorainne (nee Taix) McCaslin was born [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana] to French immigrant parents who...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Bad decision at Stuttgart
After that mission [Annotator’s Note: an aborted mission to an airfield just outside of Paris during which Grant had...
McCowen, William Bad Nazis
William McCowen thinks it is important to have the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...
Simmons, Curt Bad Weather and German U-Boats
[Annotator's Note: Curt Simmons served in the Navy in the Armed Guard as a gunner aboard merchant ships in the North...
Faust, Virgil Bail Out and Captured
Virgil Faust's first mission overseas was to Flushing, Belgium, which was a milk run [Annotator's Note: slang term used...
Strunk, Chester Bailing Out After the Ploiesti Mission
Chester Strunk and his crewmates who were originally assigned together had flown with separate crews until they were...
Grabhorn, Edgar Bailing Out and Capture
Edgar A. Grabhorn's first ten missions [Annotator's Note: as a navigator with the 838th Bombardment Squadron, 487th...
Fienup, Victor Bailing Out and Captured
There was a lot of "oohs and ahhs" at the mission briefing [Annotator's Note: for Victor Fienup's 17 August 1943...
Oakes, Robert Bailing Out and Captured by the Enemy
Robert Tyler Oakes was a radio operator [Annotator's Note: on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in the 340th...
Maltbie, Archie Bailing Out and Evading Capture
In August 1944, Archie Maltbie had a mission against a bridge across the Seine River. Fragments of German units were...
Cardenas, Louis Bailing Out and Interrogations
Louis Cardenas had to bail out of the plane. [Annotator’s Note: Cardenas is referring to his plane getting shot down in...
Baum, Irving Bailing Out and the Nuremberg Laws
Before bailing out of his stricken airplane [Annotator's Note: near Brunet, France], Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a...
Hamilton, Richard Bailing Out of a B-17
On 20 July 1944, Richard Henry Hamilton and his crew on their B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy...
Golden, James Bailing Out on D-Day
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden finally got...
Whitman, Philip Bailing Out Over Austria
Philip Whitman's 33rd mission was flown on 13 February 1945 over an oil refinery in Vienna, Austria. It was 53 degrees...
Kaiser, Raymond Bailing Out Over China
Raymond Kaiser was taken on a mission by his CO [Annotator's Note: commanding officer]. He asked why he was taking him...
Albright, William Bailing Out Over Germany
William Albright was a ball turret gunner [Annotator's Note: on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber number 42-...
McDermott, James Bailing Out Over Germany
James McDermott was not in England as early as the 305th Bombardment Group was. They had sent 16 planes on the...
Bosworth, Paul Bailing Out Over Germany
[Annotator's Note: Paul Bosworth served in the USAAF as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in...
Faust, Virgil Bailing Out Over Germany
After the normal briefing for Virgil Faust's second mission, he and the crew weren't much worried about the flight....
Gross, Herbert Bailing Out Over Indochina
On the mission to bomb Manila, Herbert Gross' B-24 Liberator [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy...
Anderson, Howard Bailing Out Over Iwo Jima
Howard Anderson soon found out General LeMay [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Forces Major General, later United States...
Cristiano, Nick Bailing Out Over Japan
Most of Nick Cristiano's bombing missions started in the evening. He would call the meal before leaving "the last...
Higgins, Malcom Bailing Out, Being Captured and Being a POW
Crismon and Malcolm Higgins talked over what they wanted to do. Higgins told him to go down to the back of the plane...
Scott, Donald Bailing Out, Being Captured, and Solitary Confinement
Donald Scott was a radio operator on the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, G.I. Jane [Annotator’s Note: B-17 #43-37520]. The...
Rans, Robert Bailing Out, Burning and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: No mention is made here of the mission being described, however, from later interviews and the...
Graham, Marvin Ball Turret in a B-24
[Annotator's Note: Audio is not good throughout this clip.] Marvin Raymond Graham had no expectations of what flight...
Geary, Joseph Baptism By Fire
Joseph Geary's baptism by fire was by flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire]. He realized that the bursts...
Lederer, Henry Baptism by Fire
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Henry Lederer what his first combat encounter was like.] It was an amazing...
Casillas, Joseph Baptism of Fire
Joe G. Casillas had his baptism of fire right on the escarpment [Annotator's Note: after landing on Okinawa, Japan, 10...

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