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Burns, Lloyd First Missions in Europe
Lloyd Burns enjoyed his time at Barksdale [Annotator's Note: Barksdale Field, now Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport...
Riga, Jerome "Jerry" First Missions in Europe
Jerome "Jerry" Riga assisted with ground support for the infantry and tank divisions [Annotator's Note: as a Republic P...
Rans, Robert First Missions, Training and Ploesti
Robert Rans recalls that his first mission was to Messina, Sicily and he remembers being scared as he saw the wall of...
Edwards, Marvin First OSS Mission and Mosquitos
Marvin Raymond Edwards' [Annotator's Note: with the 856th Bombardment Squadron, 492nd Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Welch, Darrell First P-38 Lost
After flight school Darrell Welch joined the 27th Squadron, which is the oldest squadron, and the 1st Group, which is...
Reese, Lloyd First Run on Ploie?ti
First Lieutenant Lloyd Reese flew 11 missions as a bombardier on a B-24 for the 67th Bombardment Squadron, 44th...
Gross, Clayton First Successful Dogfight and Friendly Fire
The first mission during which Clayton Kelly Gross shot down an enemy plane was when he was flying with Billy D. Harris...
Cauble, Raymond First Two Missions
Raymond Cauble's first mission was to a concentration camp in Yugoslavia. A general went with Cauble. They dropped...
Lochra, Albert First Two Missions
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr.'s first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment...
Rosendahl, Robert First Weeks as a POW
When Robert Rosendahl and his fellow survivors were told to destroy their weapons they threw them all out into the bay...
Roberts, George First Weeks in England
George Roberts and his crew were sent to Hampton Roads, Virginia where they boarded the USS Argentina [Annotator's Note...
Bryan, Donald Five kills in one day
Donald Bryan got five kills in one day. They had to new K14 sights and it was the first time he had ever fired with one...
Paynter, Don Flak and Mission Rates
[Annotator's Note: Donald Dean Paynter arrived England around the middle of June 1944]. They started training there. He...
Heilbrun, Herbert Flak Damage
Herbert Heilbrun went through the cadets with Lyle Pearson. On 29 December [Annotator's Note: 29 December 1944],...
Childs, Charles "Chuck" Flak Damage on every Mission
Charles Childs was told he would be leading the Group [Annotator's Note: 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force] soon....
Edwards, Marvin Flight and Navigation Training
Marvin Raymond Edwards was sent to Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama [Annotator's Note: now Maxwell-Gunter Air Force...
Strait, Donald Flight Background
In 1940, when Donald Strait joined the Observation Squadron [Annotator's Note: 119th Observation Squadron], it was his...
Dolsen, Francis "Frank" Flight Crew Training
Francis Dolsen was in Montana when he met his crew members. [Annotator’s Note: Another veteran is speaking with the...
Cain, Howard Flight Engineer Training
Because the war in Europe had begun to die down and the need for additional pilots was decreasing by the time he...
Krause, Joseph Flight Gear, Final Mission and Going Home
Joseph Krause recalls that he didn't keep his flight log book up to date while he flew the requisite 30 missions to...
Ball, Rowland Flight Missions
Rowland Elliott Ball served as a navigator with the 60th Bombardment Squadron, 39th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force...
Bednarik, Chuck Flight Missions over Europe
[Annotator’s Note: During this segment, interviewee asks a woman off camera questions, and she sometimes comes into the...
Ramsey, Frank Flight Temperature
Frank Ramsey flew in every position. [Annotator’s Note: he was stationed in England with the 368th Bombardment Squadron...
Ragazzi, Frank Flight Testing with WASPs
After about two months of flight test scheduling, Frank Ragazzi was tasked with training five women service pilots....
Loring, Bud Flight Training
Learning how to fly was quite a job for Bud Loring. He had never flown before in his life. They had civilian...
Sharp, Chester Flight Training
[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp was a cadet for the United...
Angier, John Flight Training
John Angier went to Maxwell Field [Annotator's Note: now Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama] for...
Wainwright, James Flight Training
James Eyre Wainwright was sent to Kearns, Utah and then to Santa Ana [Annotator's Note: Santa Ana, California] for...
Denault, Leo Flight Training
Leo Denault remembers they would post every day who qualified. [Annotator’s Note: He was in training in Santa Ana,...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Flight Training
After passing the pilot entry test at The Presidio [Annotator's Note: The Presidio Monterey], Enrique Cervantes was...
Whitman, Philip Flight Training
Philip Whitman first flew in June 1943. It was very difficult for him, but he blamed his instructor. He could feel his...
Carlson, Donald Flight Training
Donald Albert Carlson enlisted in the Army Air Force [Annotator's Note: in September 1942]. He got on a train from Penn...
Kaiser, Raymond Flight Training
In the middle of 1941, the draft was extended to 18 months [Annotator's Note: the amount of time to be served]. Raymond...
Fienup, Victor Flight Training
There were four phases to Victor Fienup's flight training. Preflight was ground school for two months, primary was half...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" Flight Training
Lewis Thomas Easterling was sent to Maxwell Field [Annotator's Notes: Maxwell Field, Alabama] for pre-flight training...
Weseman, Wilfred Flight Training
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee’s chair makes noise throughout the segment.] After being accepted into the Army Air...

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