I Keep a Rendezvous With Heroes by Doris Fleeson
This article is in Six Parts and written right after the Crews went to Regensburg August 17, 1943. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4 Part 5. Part 6
Big Joe Armanini Interview
Big Joe Interview—NOTE: QUALITY OF VIDEO IS TERRIBLE, WHAT IS TRANSCRIBED BELOW ARE PIECES OF PHRASES MESHED TOGETHER FROM WHAT CAN BE DECHIPHERED. Video 1 Interviewee: [First 40 seconds unintelligible] I say you ‘re a nice guy… Interviewer: [Something about when the plane hit the water] Some of the crew got out, plane went in […]
Sweater Girl -Lt Richard B. Atchison Crew
Stories from-“B-17 Memories From Memphis Belle to Victory” By T/Sgt. James Lee Hutchinson Pages 56 – 82 The “Bloody Hundredth” Sweater Girl of the 100th BG The replacement crew of Lt. Richard B. Atchison arrived at the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbot’s airbase August 25, 1943, and was assigned to squadron 418. The “Bloody […]
Capt. James R. Stout Combat Log
Stories from-“B-17 Memories From Memphis Belle to Victory” By T/Sgt. James Lee Hutchinson Pages 56 – 82 The “Bloody Hundredth” Captain James R. Stout’s Combat Log Captain James R. Stout was a bomber pilot in […]
Charlie Potts-WWII Memoir-Bloody 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts-England
Charles William Potts-WWII Memoir-Bloody 100th Bomb Group-Thorpe Abbotts, England I asked Uncle Charley if I could come over to his house some time and interview him regarding his service during WWII and he said, “Sure, come on over, “ and I did, armed with my camera, camcorder and note pad. When I arrived Aunt Louise […]
Red Cross Girls
More information on the Red Cross Girls is available in the database section of the website.
Richard Faulkner receives Purple Heart
World War II veteran in CNY receives Purple Heart 70 years after turning it down By Charley Hannagan Escape and Evasion Story Page II Page III Page IV Page V Auburn, NY -Dick Faulkner’s World War II survival story would make a great movie, on the level of a “Saving Private Ryan.” Faulkner was […]
Wartime Log of Jame Harper “High Life Crew”
A WARTIME LOG A REMEMBRANCE FROM HOME THROUGH THE AMERICAN Y.M.C.A Published by The War Prisoners’ Aid of the Y.M.C.A. Geneva – Switzerland WAR PRISONERS AID AIDE AUX PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE KRIEGSGEFANGENENHILIFE July 7, 1943 Dear Friend, As its title-page indicates, this “War-time Log” is aprt of a special remembrance from the folks at home. […]
Bob Wolff’s History
The war that we were expecting to engulf the U.S. came in an unexpected way, Pearl Harbor. All of us age 18 and over had signed up for the draft, but as time went on I did not want to be drafted, so in March of 1942 I enlisted as Private in the Army Air […]
Lt Ray Harney Sept 28, 1944 Mission
Excerpt “missions by Lothar Günther and destinies “from the book 25 The continuation of the attacks the U.S. Air Force on the German fuel industry THURSDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 1944 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 652: 1,049 bombers and 724 fighters are dispatched to hit oil and military vehicle factories in Central Germany using PFF […]