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Combat Mission News Articles
The combat mission articles below appeared in The Stars and Stripes U. S. Armed Forces newspaper on the day following the mission. The articles describe details about the targets of the mission, the types of aircraft involved, casualties, battle strategies, and often include personal experiences of crew members.
- Mission 1: La Rochelle (La Pallice), France - September 16, 1943
- Mission 2: Kerlin-Bastard, France - September 23, 1943
- Mission 3: No articles available
- Mission 4: Emden, Germany - October 2, 1943
- Mission 5: Saarbrucken-Saarguemines, Germany - October 4, 1943
- Mission 6: Bremen, Germany - October 8, 1943
- Mission 7: Munster, Germany - October 10, 1943
- Mission 8: Schweinfurt, Germany - October 14, 1943
- Mission 9: No articles available
- Mission 10: Bremen, Germany - November 13, 1943
- Mission 11: Rjuken, Norway - November 17, 1943
- Mission 12: Gelsenkirchen, Germany - November 19, 1943
- Mission 13: Bremen, Germany - November 26, 1943
- Mission 14: Bordeaux, France - December 5, 1943
- Mission 15: Emden, Germany - December 11, 1943
- Mission 16: Kiel, Germany - December 13, 1943
- Mission 17: Bremen, Germany - December 16, 1943
- Mission 18: Bremen, Germany - December 20, 1943
- Mission 19: No articles available
- Mission 20: Rocket Coast, France - December 24, 1943
- Mission 21: Ludwigshafen, Germany - December 30, 1943
- Mission 22: Paris, France - December 31, 1943
- Mission 23: No articles available
- Mission 24: Frankfurt, Germany - January 29, 1944
- Mission 25: Braunschweige (Brunswick), Germany - January 30, 1944
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- Some miscellaneous photos that were not used in other sections of the Web site
- Medals awarded to Marshall Stelzriede for his wartime service
- Excerpts from the "Pilot Training Manual for the Flying Fortress" , which was issued to B-17 pilots during World War II and was considered to be the "textbook of the B-17"
- The pamphlet "Meet the U.S. Army", which was issued by the British government during World War II in an attempt to better acquaint the British public with the large numbers of American soldiers who were arriving at military bases in Great Britain in order to do battle against the Axis powers
- The Evolution of the B-17 - Series of images showing the differences between the various B-17 models
- Some miscellaneous B-17 information, including the number of planes made and details about surviving planes
- Listen to some Nazi propaganda swing music - The Nazis added pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic lyrics to popular swing music of the day, and then broadcast it by short-wave radio to mostly British and American audiences
- The Story of William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") - William Joyce was a long-time UK resident who fled to Germany just as the war began and sent weekly pro-Nazi propaganda broadcasts back to the UK throughout the war (includes his final radio broadcast)
- The Battle of Britain - The attempt by Germany, early in the war, to destroy the British Royal Air Force and occupy Great Britain (includes videos)
- "The Battle of Britain" - A pamphlet that was issued by the British government in 1941, the year after the battle took place, describing in great detail the tactics used by both sides in the battle
- World War II documentary video - A video which gives a good summary of the events leading up to World War II in Europe and also summarizes the events of the war itself
- Plane launched from Japanese submarine attacks U.S. mainland - News articles telling about the only manned aerial bombing of the U.S. mainland during WWII
- Japanese Fugo Bombing Balloons - Attempts by Japan to bomb the U.S. using balloons (includes news articles)
- During WWII, the
City Braced for a Japanese Invasion - News article telling of Japanese attacks along the U.S. west coast during WWII (includes audio file)
- 'Battle of L.A.' Was More Like Heaven Than Hell - Article tells of attempts to protect the Los Angeles area from Japanese attack in the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Air-raid Sirens Are Relics of a Jittery Past - During World War II, hundreds of trumpet- and rocket-shaped air-raid sirens were installed atop traffic signals and buildings across Los Angeles County as part of the civil defense effort
- Northern California Internment Camp Has a Difficult Past, Shaky Future - The Tule Lake Segregation Center near the Oregon border was the nation's largest Japanese-American internment camp
- News articles reporting recovery and restoration of a P-38 fighter plane buried in ice in Greenland:
- Enola Gay Headed For Restoration and Display - Several news articles telling about the restoration of the famous B-29 and giving details about its mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (includes audio and video files at bottom of page, including interviews with the atomic bomb flight crews)
- Series of links, in chronological order, describing the final days of WW2 in the Pacific, including the dropping of the atomic bombs and the resulting diplomacy which led to Japanese surrender
- Two Killed in Cheyenne, Wyo. Crash of Vintage World War II Bomber
- News articles telling about crash of the last known flyable He-111 German bomber
- Memorial Dedicated Amid Tears, Joy
- Slow to take shape and a focus of controversy, the National World War II Memorial is formally dedicated
- A Famous Battleship's Portentous Cargo - Oil seeping from the USS Arizona is a poignant reminder for tourists -- and a potential environmental hazard
- 66 Years Later, Pearl Harbor Still Resonates - The number of Pearl Harbor survivors is dwindling, as the attack, which killed about 2,400 Americans and injured 1,178, recedes into history
- The War We Forgot - World War I has no national monument, no iconic images, and
only one U.S. soldier is still alive
- R.A.F. Bombs May Have Downed Glenn Miller Plane - News article telling of probable cause of bandleader Glenn Miller's death
- In Supporting Roles - News article telling about Hollywood film stars and directors doing their part for the war effort
- The Dogs of War Laid Their Lives on the Line for U.S. - News article telling about the U.S. Army's "K-9 Command" program, which trained dogs for use as weapons
- When Fabled Resort Was a Wartime Fort
- Santa Catalina Island, 26 miles off the Southern California coast from Los Angeles, was transformed into a military training site during World War II
- 8,900 WWII Pilots Earned Their Wings at a Dusty Old Oil Town
- News article telling about pilot training at Gardner Field (Taft, California)
- X Marks the Spot of Hitler's Bunker
- The site of Hitler's bunker has been marked publicly for the first time
- Greek Divers Lift WWII Bomber Wreckage - The wreckage of a German World War II Stuka bomber is raised from the sea off the eastern island of Rhodes
- Fully Armed Nazi Bomber Planes 'Buried Below East Berlin Airport' - An airport used by hundreds of thousands of tourists and business travellers each year could be sitting on top of thousands of live bombs
- The Douglas Aircraft Company under camouflage
- The V-Rockets (V-1 and V-2 rockets)
- Listen to some audio recordings made inside Lancaster bombers by the BBC during combat missions
- The Bombing of Berchtesgaden - Series of photos showing Hitler's mountaintop headquarters at Berchtesgaden being bombed
- Letter from President Roosevelt to servicemen going overseas
- Some examples of British bomb shelters
- British golfers adapt to war
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- From Child To Soldier - The diary of a young man, Hans, who grew up in Nazi Germany and became a soldier in his mid-teens. He met my dad, Marshall, through this Web site, and they corresponded by email until my dad's death in 2005. Hans was a member of a German anti-aircraft battery at about the same time that my dad was flying in B-17s over Germany, and there is a chance that he may have actually fired at my dad's plane
- Frozen Airman's Identity Solved; He's Going Home - The body of a World War II airman is found in the mountains of Northern California, 63 years after he disappeared
- Frozen Remains of A Second WWII Airman Identified - The body of an airman is found at a crash site in the California mountains, several years after another airman's remains were found at the same site
- Rudolf Vrba: Auschwitz Escapee Gave First Details of Nazi Atrocities - Rudolf Vrba was one of the few prisoners to escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II and he told the world of Nazi atrocities there
- Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven: Witness to Hitler's Last Days in Bunker - Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven was among Hitler's top advisors and members of his entourage who sought refuge in the multi-room concrete bunker beneath the garden of the old Reich Chancellery building during the last days of the war
- Otis Cary: Navy Linguist Played Novel Role in U.S.-Japan Relations - Otis Cary interrogated Japanese prisoners of war, treating them humanely and helping them overcome their shame at being captured
- WWII Soldier's Heroism Sent a Message About Prejudice - The story of a Japanese-American soldier who fought and died for the USA while his family was in an internment camp
- Samuel Billison: Navajo Code Talker Who Became Educator and Speaker - Samuel Billison was a member of arguably the most elite and secretive corps in WW2 -- the Navajo Code Talkers
- They've Outlived the Stigma - Once considered pariahs in post-war Japan, kamikaze (suicide pilot) survivors are now honored for their spirit of sacrifice and they resent being compared with today's suicide bombers
- The Saga of the Aztec Eagles - The story of how Mexico was drawn into WW2, and of the pilots it sent to train and fight alongside U.S. forces -- the only Mexican fighting unit ever to operate on foreign soil
- Aviation Archeologists Make Bittersweet Finds - Amateur archeologists explore military crash sites that have gone untouched for decades, often finding personal items which they return to the victims' survivors
- Fred J. Christensen: WWII Ace Downed 6 Enemy Planes in 1 Day - Fred Christensen shot down a total of 21 enemy aircraft during the war from his P-47 Thunderbolt
- Saluting a Modest WWII Hero - A Navy ship is named for an African American sailor who was awarded the Navy Cross for valor in WW2
- Wearing Medals and Bearing Memories - Story of Lillian Kinkella Keil, one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history
- George Barber: One of Last Surviving D-day Troop Chaplains - George Russell Barber was one of four chaplains at Omaha Beach with the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division
- One Spy's New Mission - Story of Marthe Hoffnung Cohn, a French Jewish espionage agent in Nazi Germany during World War II
- Shigeya Kihara: The Last Original Teacher at Army's 1st Language School - Shigeya Kihara taught Japanese to American soldiers while his family was interred in relocation camps in the USA
- Ralph Lazo: Following His Beliefs Led Him to Manzanar - Ralph Lazo was not a Japanese American, but he voluntarily joined his Japanese-American high school classmates in the internment camp at Manzanar
- Ray Holmes: Pilot Rammed Nazi Plane to Save British Palace - Ray Holmes was an RAF fighter pilot who rammed a German plane to prevent a direct hit on Buckingham Palace
- Kenneth M. Taylor: Army Air Forces Pilot Shot Down Enemy Planes After Pearl Harbor Attack - Kenneth M. Taylor was one of the first two Army Air Forces pilots to get airborne and engage the enemy after the Japanese launched their attack on Pearl Harbor
- Chase J. Nielsen: Aviator Captured After Doolittle Raid - Chase J. Nielsen spent 40 months as a prisoner of war after participating in the daring Doolittle raid on Japan, which took place only four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- Rev. Jacob Daniel DeShazer: Participated in Historic Dolittle Raid - Jacob DeShazer was sentenced to life in prison by the Japanese after his capture in China
- Donald S. Lopez: Fighter Ace Who Helped Plan Space Museum - Donald Lopez flew 101 combat missions in the Pacific during World War II and had five documented aerial victories, the requirement for an ace
- Eugene B. Fluckey: Renowned WWII Submarine Commander - Eugene Fluckey's daring attacks on Japanese ships earned him a Medal of Honor and the nickname 'Galloping Ghost of the China Coast'
- Silvestre Herrera: Mexican-born World War II Medal of Honor Winner - Silvestre Herrera continued fighting on his knees after losing both of his feet in a minefield
- Jean Kennedy Schmidt: American Nurse Held in Japanese POW Camp in WWII - Jean Kennedy Schmidt was one of the last survivors of the Angels of Bataan, the American military nurses who were Japanese prisoners of war for nearly three years during World War II
- Besby Frank Holmes: Flew on WWII Mission That Downed Japan's Adm. Yamamoto - Besby Holmes was a P-38 fighter pilot on the 16-plane mission that intercepted and destroyed the plane carrying the admiral who was the mastermind of the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Jacob Smart: General who planned World War II Raid and
Helped Shape The Air Force - Jacob Smart was credited with planning the audacious low-level raid over German-held oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania, during World War II and later helped shape postwar Air Force doctrine
- Herschel Green: Flew 100 Combat Missions in P-40s, P-47s and P-51s - Herschel Green scored 18 aerial victories as a fighter pilot in Europe and Africa from 1943 to 1944
- Jaap Penraat: Forged Papers, Risked His Life to Save 406 Jews From Nazis in WWII Holland - Jaap Penraat disguised young Jewish men as workers and then escorted them to France, at great risk to himself and his family
- Andree de Jongh: Resistance Fighter Who Helped Downed Allied Airmen Escape - Andree de Jongh was a female Belgian resistance fighter who established the most successful escape route in Europe for downed Allied airmen during World War II
- Joe Rosenthal: AP Photographer Shot Marine Flag-Raising on Iwo Jima - Joe Rosenthal's famous photo helped instill pride and hope in Americans yearning for an end to the war
- Charles Lindberg: Marine Who Helped Raise First U.S. Flag Over Iwo Jima - Charles Lindberg, not related to the famous aviator, helped raise the first American flag over Iwo Jima, hours before the second and more famous flag raising took place
- Jehovah's Witness Tells L.A. Audiences of Defying Nazis - Leopold Engleitner toiled in three Nazi concentration camps for refusing to renounce his faith as a Jehovah's Witness
- Frantisek Perina: Czech WWII Flying Ace with RAF - Frantisek Perina shot down 14 Nazi planes while flying for Britain's Royal Air Force during World War II
- Iva Toguri: Convicted as 'Tokyo Rose,' She Later Received Honors - Iva Toguri was convicted in the U.S. of treason but later received Presidential pardon
- The Schweinfurt Raid, a personal account by a B-17 crewman
- Two B-17s Collide and Stick Together in Flight, an amazing story about surviving a mid-air collision
- The Final Mission Is Completed - The story of how the fate of a P-51 fighter pilot, missing in action for almost 60 years, was finally determined
- Story of the 'Lady Be Good'
- The story of a B-24 bomber that disappeared while returning from a mission and was not seen again for 15 years
- The Rescue of a B-24 Crew After Ditching in the North Sea
, a personal account by a member of the British Air-Sea Rescue Service
- Personal account by a B-17 crewman of a raid on Halberstadt, Germany
- Ex-Airman Relives Pearl Harbor Attack - The attack is relived 15 years later by Sgt. Raymond A. Heilman, who witnessed it while stationed at Hickam Field with the 11th Bombardment Group of the 7th Army Air Force
- Journal of 25 missions by S/Sgt Chas. E. Crawford, a B-17 ball-turret gunner
- Charlotte L. Winters: Last U.S. Female Veteran of World War I Dies at Age 109 - Charlotte Winters was one of over 10,000 women who served in the U. S. Navy during WWI
- Dwight Wilson: Next-to-Last Canadian World War I Veteran Dies at Age 106 - Wilson was one of more than 600,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who fought in World War I; about 66,000 died
- Erich Kaestner: Germany's Last World War I Veteran Dies at Age 107 - Erich Kaestner served in both world wars; his death was not widely publicized in Germany
- Harry R. Landis: Next-to-Last U. S. World War I Veteran Dies at Age 108 - Harry Landis also signed up to serve in World War II, but was rejected as too old
- Lazare Ponticelli: France's Last Surviving World War I Veteran Dies at Age 110 - Lazare Ponticelli was an Italian immigrant who fought in the trenches with the French Foreign Legion and later became a French citizen
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