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David Hirsch | 62nd Squadron, 39th Bomb Group VH, 314th Bomb Wing - Army Air Corps

6:42   |   He'd been working as a mechanic for an airline, so when David Hirsch was drafted, they let him go to the Army Air Corps. There were too many cadets, so he was offered a spot as a gunner and accepted. The aircraft was the latest heavy bomber, the B-29.

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