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John Angier first met his crew in the spring of 1944 and then went overseas in a brand-new, shiny, silver B-17 [...
[Annotator's Note: No mention is made here of the mission being described, however, from later interviews and the...
Lowell Brueland had a normal flight training. He graduated in September 1942 and was assigned to the 20th Fighter...
John Angier's 33rd mission was to Cologne, Germany which should have been a relatively short mission. They were hit...
John Angier had been shot down over Cologne, Germany, nearly beaten to death by civilians and saved from them by German...
Reuben Weiner enlisted as a photographer in the 165th Signal Photographic Company. He was assigned to the 4th Infantry...
Lowell Brueland's first combat mission in the Mustang was a piece of cake. He performed escort duty with a flight of...
When Calvin Moret was at Godman Field near Fort Knox [Annotator’s Note: Kentucky], he noted that Italian and German...
Their [Annotator's Note: the 92nd Bombardment Group] first mission was in September [Annotator's Note: September 1942]...
Walter Ram arrived at his base in Bassingbourn, near London. His plane was part of the 94th Bombardment Group, 331st...
In the early part of 1939, Manfred Klepper and other Jews were made to wear the Star of David on their clothes. Some...
Joseph Krause was stationed in Washington State while he continued his training to be a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing...
After reaching England, William Laubner and other new arrivals were indoctrinated by a major at Goxhill. The Americans...
John Finn says that all of the outfits in Hawaii were on limited alert and knew that something might happen. Previously...
Jack Brukman started law school using the GI Bill. That was interrupted by the sudden death of his father and the...
Blanche Gangwere would leave each morning in a Clubmobile [Annotator's Note: she was billeted with an English family in...
Donald Wilson was changed by the Second World War. He lost friends on his ship [Annotator's Note: USS New Orleans (CA-...
Warren Schmitt and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Savo Island (CVE-78)] participated in five invasions from...
James Armstrong's final mission to Stuttgart, Germany. When he was awakened for the mission, he didn't know what the...
Norman Bussel had to bail out of his B-17 over Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944. He had been struck by shrapnel in the...