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In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Curran L. Jones discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In part two, he provides clarifying details regarding his wartime experiences and the combat mission discussed in the previous interview. He also gives an overview of his postwar assignments with the Air Force and his civilian careers.
Fighter ace Herman W. Visscher is interviewed about his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time with the 97th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group, in the Mediterranean Theater. He also touches briefly on his Air Force service during the Korean War. Topics discussed include his training…
In this nine-part oral history, Hubert “Hub” Zemke is interviewed about his military service with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. In part eight, he continues to discuss his wartime experiences during World War II. A sizeable portion of the interview focuses on Zemke’s time as an assistant military attaché in the Soviet Union, prior to the United States’ entry into the war. He…
Fighter ace Thomas S. Harris discusses his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time with Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) and Fighting Squadron 17 (VF-17) in the Pacific Theater. Special focus on a combat mission on April 12, 1945 in which he downed a Kawanishi N1K-J “George” aircraft near Kikaishima,…
In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Harold E. Comstock discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In part one, he describes his experiences as a fighter pilot and his time in Europe with the 63rd Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group. Special focus on several of his combat missions, including one on December 23, 1944 in which he destroyed…
In this two-part oral history, fighter ace John S. Stewart discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In part one, he describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time in the China-India-Burma Theater with the 76th Fighter Squadron of the 23rd Fighter Group. Topics discussed include his service history, notable combat missions…
Fighter ace Jay T. Robbins is interviewed about his military service with the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time in the Pacific Theater with the 80th Fighter Squadron. Topics discussed include his personal background, his service and training history, notable combat missions in Papua New Guinea, and the…
In this four-part oral history, fighter ace Mayo A. “Mike” Hadden, Jr. discusses his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. Part four contains excerpts from Hadden’s collection of episodes of "The Front Line," a radio program that aired on WBBM in Chicago during the war. The excerpts, which were recorded circa 1942-1943, feature interviews with Fighting 9 (VF-9) members…
Fighter ace Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager is interviewed about his military service with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. He describes his wartime experiences in Europe during World War II, including his time with the 357th Fighter Group and his time with the Maquis (French Underground) in rural France. He also discusses his post-war career as an experimental test pilot. Topics discussed…
Fighter ace Joseph J. Foss is interviewed about his military service with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time with Marine Fighting Squadron 121 (VMF-121) in the Pacific Theater. Topics discussed include Foss’s first encounter with Japanese forces in October 1943 and a combat mission in November 1942 in…