Stories and biographies that have been submitted by 381st veterans, their descendants, and other interested parties. Submissions are accepted. Just send a note via the contact page.
To break this section up into a more manageable size we've sorted it alphabetically, by author - or in a few cases by the name the story is about.
Titles without links are still being converted over to the new format.
A - D | E - H | I - L | M - P | Q - T | U- Z
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381st Tragedies |
June 23, 1943 - Bomb Loading Explosion
April 23, 1945 - Isle of Man |
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Matt Berk |
The Miraculous Survival of Matt Berk & Wade McCook |
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Richard A. Bettencourt |
Ridgewell 1945 |
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Bob Bilbruck |
Ten Young Men, Another Day at the Bomb Dump |
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John M. Carah |
Achtung! Achtung! Die Flugfestungen Kommen! |
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Warren B. Carah |
Tragedy in the Pyrenees, Robert Withers Biography |
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Winston Churchill |
Commendation to 8th AF Crews |
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John Comer |
A Matter of Days |
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Allen Crosson |
Mission To Bremen- A Trip Into The Past |
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Cindi Cummins Doman |
Heroic Initiative |
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Philip P. Dreiseszun |
Gentlemen, the Target for Today is Hamburg! |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
D-Day Message from SHAEF |
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Lifford E. French |
French's Life Vest |
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Lee Gnatzig |
My Favorite Pilot |
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James F. Grey |
Combat Mission Diary |
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Melvin R. Hecker |
Two War Time Articles |
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Robert Herr |
Fire Over Stuttgart, Return to Ridgewell |
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Hogan Family |
Grandkids Support Memorial |
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John Howland |
Pathfinders Pt 1, Pathfinders Pt 2: Mickey Operators-Gee-D Day, Sodium Vapor Flares, Darky (command set radio), Splasher, Use of GEE on the Kiel Raid, GEE-H and OBOE Explained,The Last Day of Big Week, Frank Palenik, The White Hart Inn, Carl Clark and the Unforgettable Takeoff, Carl Clark Pilot and Historian. |
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Dave Hutchens |
Checking Out the Fighter Pilots, Schweinfurt |
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George Lippi |
Scherrman Crew Memorial |
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Earl J. Malerich |
303rd BG GH Navigator Flies With 381st |
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Kimberlee A. Moore |
Dry Gulcher Revisted |
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Jean Pastre Montgomery |
My Life As A POW |
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Francis E. Owens |
Owens Dedication |
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Kevin Pearson |
381st Bomb and Shield |
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William B. Poland, Jr. |
How a B-24 Crew Landed With the 381st |
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Bill Poland |
Cambridge Poem |
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Paul Scherrman |
Memorial at the Scherrman Aircraft Crash Site |
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Lloyd Sunderland |
Mission to Munich, Contrails Explained, 381st BG Ship on a U.S. Stamp |
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Ewing Watson |
533rd BS Commanding Officer, Plauen Mission |
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Kevin Wlson |
432nd ASG Sees Germany |
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Robert Withers |
Biography |
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Everett Worrell |
Pilot Recalls Aircraft |