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Florence Reynolds describes a negative encounter she had with an Army Air Forces maintenance officer when she questioned the condition of an aircraft she was ordered to fly.
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Herbert Helibrun, 301st Bomb Group
Herbert Heilbrun describes the Christmas 1944 mission he took part in to bomb the oil refineries at Brux, Czechoslovakia and how well defended the area was.
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Charles McGee, 332nd Fighter Group
Charles McGee discusses flying bomber escort for 15th Air Force heavy bombardment groups and downing a German Focke Wulf Fw 190 during one of those missions.
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Maynard David, 504th Bomb Group
Maynard David talks about a particularly harrowing mission he and his crew flew to Tokyo, Japan in May 1945.
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Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, Navigator on the Enola Gay
Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, navigator on the Enola Gay, describes arriving at Wendover Field, Utah and figuring out that he would be taking part in a mission to drop an atomic bomb.
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Joseph Armanini, 100th Bomb Group, Regensburg
Joseph Armanini discusses the August 1943 Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission during which the 100th Bomb Group suffered terrible losses to German fighter aircraft.
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Mack Fitzgerald, 93rd Bombardment Group
Mack Fitzgerald discusses taking part in the 1 August 1943 bombing raid on the oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania.
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Enrique Cervantes, 100th Bombardment Group
Enrique Cervantes describes how he was determined to become a military pilot, even though he initially had to overcome some hurdles to do so.
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Richard Baile, 9th Bomb Group
Richard Baile discusses the 9 March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo and how he feels about the raid today.
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John Leahr, 332nd Fighter Group
John Leahr discusses overcoming hurdles and becoming a fighter pilot in the 332nd Fighter Group, now known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
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Malcolm Higgins, 351st Bombardment Group
Malcolm Higgins discusses his experiences in the US Army Air Forces.
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Clarence “Bud” Anderson, 357th Fighter Group
P-51 Mustang pilot Clarence “Bud” Anderson describes scoring the first of his 15 aerial victories in the skies over Europe.