Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
:59 | A P-47 pilot, Lew Dabney discusses a celebratory act that some pilots would perform after a successful mission.
Lew Dabney recalls his first couple of missions flying a P-47 over Europe in 1944.
Lew Dabney describes the dive-bombing mission over Germany in 1944 for which he earned a Distinguished Flying Cross.
Lew Dabney talks about some of the events surrounding the Battle of the Bulge, describes the weather conditions and tells the story of a friend of his whose aircraft became "tragically full of German lead" during one mission in the area.
Lew Dabney goes into detail about how he would approach bomb targets in his P-47 aircraft, attempting to avoid artillery fire.
