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Gust, Darrell First Mission
If the aviators saw a plane hit, they would count the parachutes that came out. According to Darrell D. Gust, if the...
McLaughlin, Sr., James First Mission
Their [Annotator's Note: the 92nd Bombardment Group] first mission was in September [Annotator's Note: September 1942]...
Hood, George First Mission and Final Missions
George Hood flew bombing missions against Japanese residential sections of Tokyo. That was because the enemy had...
Kneflin, Charles First Mission from Guam
The first thing Charles Kneflin saw when he flew over Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], were the biggest...
Bridger, Harley First Mission over Budapest and Mission Requirements
Harley Bridger and his crew lived in tents with six men each. They were fortunate with their engineer. Bridger felt the...
Finesmith, Max First Mission Over Europe
Max Finesmith went into the briefing for his first mission before four in the morning. The plan was to takeoff by 8:30...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer First Missions
Omer Van Huylenbrouck went on his first combat mission with a different crew. It was nothing exciting. [Annotator's...
Albright, William First Missions
The day before William Albright's second mission, two B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...
Fili, William First Missions
The first couple of bombing missions William Fili was on were "milk runs" [Annotator's Note: slang term used by...
Castaing, Albert First Missions
[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling, seats squeaking, and people in the background throughout this segment.] On...
O'Brien, Ryan First Missions
The night Ryan O'Brien landed at Spinazzola [Annotator's Note: Spinazzola Airfield, Italy], a movie star was having a...
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...
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....
Strait, Donald Flight Background
In 1940, when Donald Strait joined the Observation Squadron [Annotator's Note: 119th Observation Squadron], it was his...
Bass, Stewart Flight Incidents
Stewart Bass never crashed a plane but discusses an incident in Opa-locka, Florida when he was a aboard a TBM [...
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...
Kiplinger, Austin Flight School
Austin H. Kiplinger went to Anacostia Naval Air Station [Annotator's Note: now Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Anacostia...
Ramsey, Frank Flight Temperature
Frank Ramsey flew in every position. [Annotator’s Note: he was stationed in England with the 368th Bombardment Squadron...
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...
Denault, Leo Flight Training
Leo Denault remembers they would post every day who qualified. [Annotator’s Note: He was in training in Santa Ana,...
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...
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...
Willford, Sandford Flight Training
Sandford Robert Willford was born in February 1922 in Los Angeles, California, with a half-brother, younger sister, and...
Welch, Darrell Flight Training
Once Darrell Welch decided to become a pilot, he decided it was a good calling. He never had any trouble in flight...

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