Bombers make history: ‘Secret Squirrel’ members recount mission, presented air medals By Senior Airman Luke Hill, 8th Air Force Public Affairs SAVANNAH, Ga. — It was dark and rainy when crews from the…
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During the second week of October 1943, the Eighth flew a series of maximum-effort missions. Their first targets were in the Bremen-Vegesack area on October 8th. The next day their targets…
During World War II, Colonel Leon Johnson was one of the first four flying officers of the 8th Air Force, serving as assistant chief of staff for operations during the unit’s formative…
Lloyd “Pete” Hughes attended high school at Refugio, Texas, graduated from Corpus Christi Junior College, and went to Texas A&M prior to enlisting as an aviation cadet at San Antonio, January 28,…
Major John L. “Jack” Jerstad could have just gone home to Racine, Wisconsin and nobody would have faulted him. After all, he’d already earned rapid promotion in the U.S. Army Air Corps,…
