Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
3:45 | After taking damage to his brakes during a bombing raid, Dave Andrews describes his dangerous attempt to stop his aircraft upon landing.
As an A-20 pilot, Dave Andrews describes how closely his bombers would fly in formation.
While training in the United States, Dave Andrews remembers making the terrible mistake of flying his A-20 bomber into a thunderhead.
Dave Andrews recalls witnessing a terrible training accident in England before ever entering combat during World War II.
While stationed in England, Dave Andrews talks about his first encounter with the British de Havilland "Mosquito" aircraft.
Dave Andrews remembers how a sudden change in altitude led to his bombardier-navigator falling out of their A-20 aircraft.
Dave Andrews talks about his squadron's mission to bomb a German train on D-Day, and the heavy damage they took.
Dave Andrews, an A-20 bomber pilot, recalls his closest call taking flak damage during a bombing mission over France in August of 1944.
During a bombing mission over Germany in late 1944, Dave Andrews recalls seeing a fellow airman being blown out of a plane from an artillery explosion, only to discover him alive thirty years later.
