Bailing out/loss of plane

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Earnest, Albert J. Segment 10
The torpedo planes flew into Espiritu Santo. They stayed on Espiritu Santo for about a week. They sent 6 TBF's [...
Noack, John Segment 11
John Noack got the emergency radio set up. Noack had a little difficulty getting everything set up. Noack got seasick...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 12
One of Clarence Anderson's men came across a German pilot shooting at men in parachutes. He shot the German down and...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 13
Freddie Ohr went from Corsica Italy to Medina, Italy. They flew out of there on a short steel runway. They flew all of...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 13
One of the new pilots from Vejtasa's group got lost during the battle. He tried to make it to Guadalcanal but couldn't...
Sabol, Emil Segment 2
Sabol was flying at 28,500 feet when he was shot down. He had heard about other guys being shot at by fighter planes on...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 2
Onesi recalls the aircraft flying in a very tight V formation to protect each other. They bombed their targets during...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 2
During the second Truk raid Alexander Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 2
In January 1944, Yellin was sent to Thunderbird Field in Arizona. That was where he took his primary training. He was...
Sherman, Richard Segment 2
Instead of heading into the mountains, the Chinese man took them to Canton. They spent several days in Canton. After...
Baynham, James Segment 2
Baynham was based at Tibenham, England where there were numerous airfields that were three or four miles apart. Every...
Rall, Gunther Segment 2
The 109's [Annotator's Note: Messerschmitt Bf-109] undercarriage wasn't very sensible. Early on when they trained...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 2
They were taken into the pillbox and searched [Annotator’s Note: after being captured by Germans near Aachen in...
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...
Cole, Richard Segment 2
On the trip from Pendleton to Columbia [Annotators Note: Oregon to South Carolina in December 1941] Richard Cole was...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 3
Onesi and the other waist gunner were taken to a German hospital, he was wounded by a machine gun, but the Germans did...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 3
Yellin had to fly the next day after he bailed out in the ocean. He notes that the P-40 was a great airplane. There was...
Henderson, William Segment 3
They got to the target [Annotator’s Note: Bridge on the River Kwai] at 9:00 in the morning and no other aircraft were...
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...
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...
Cole, Richard Segment 3
[Annotators Note: Richard Cole served in the USAAF as a pilot flying B-25 Mitchell medium with the 17th Bombardment...
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...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 4
Yellin taxied and saw mounds of Japanese bodies [Annotator's Note: on Iwo Jima]. Bulldozers were pushing the bodies...
Henderson, William Segment 4
They got to the target [Annotator’s Note: Burma railway] at 9:00 in the morning and no other aircraft were there. They...
Baynham, James Segment 4
It was surprising to Baynham when his parachute opened. He could see a power line that he was being blown toward. He...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 4
The planes did not form up, instead they headed out one by one. They also did not go up to their normal cruising height...
Rall, Gunther Segment 4
On 12 May 1944, there was a big air raid with 800 bombers and top cover from Hub Zemke and his wolf pack. They came...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 4
When Richard Candelaria returned to base he did rolls to signify his victories. The crew chiefs could tell that the...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 4
Butch O'Hare [Annotator's Note: Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare] really invented the Thatch Weave and Thatch's name was...
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...

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