Cooke, Charles
Posted on 4 October, 2012 by tom in Veterans By Name, C
Charles was born in 1915. He was a B-17 Pilot in the United States Army Air Corps He was in the 8th Air Force (Mighty Eighth) flying out of England. Charles flew 30 very dangerous missions, with all the flak and fighters trying their best to shoot him down. He flew his B-17 at altitudes […]
Angier, Francis
Posted on 4 October, 2012 by tom in Veterans By Name, A
J. Francis Angier born in 1923. I interviewed him twice because he had such an interesting story and told it so well. The first hour of the interview we discussed his training in the US to become a B-17 pilot. He was sent to England after training where he was attached to the 8th Air […]