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Dave Andrews

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While stationed in England, Dave Andrews talks about his first encounter with the British de Havilland "Mosquito" aircraft. (:53)

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While training in the United States, Dave Andrews remembers making the terrible mistake of flying his A-20 bomber into a thunderhead. (2:31)

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Dave Andrews recalls witnessing a terrible training accident in England before ever entering combat during World War II. (1:10)

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As an A-20 pilot, Dave Andrews describes how closely his bombers would fly in formation. (1:30)

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After taking damage to his brakes during a bombing raid, Dave Andrews describes his dangerous attempt to stop his aircraft upon landing. (3:45)

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Dave Andrews remembers how a sudden change in altitude led to his bombardier-navigator falling out of their A-20 aircraft. (:54)

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Dave Andrews talks about his squadron's mission to bomb a German train on D-Day, and the heavy damage they took. (4:59)

Dave Oliver

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College graduate Dave Oliver couldn't get hired because the employers knew he might get drafted. Rather than fight it, he went to enlist and asked the recruiter what pays the most money in the military. Flying airplanes, came the answer. He'd never even been in an airplane, but he decided that was what he was going to do. (7:37)

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He didn't have the "hands" for flying jets, but Dave Oliver found that he had the right skills to fly a helicopter. It was a different kind of flying, which required both hands and feet for control. He became a rescue and recovery pilot, based first in North Carolina and then in the Philippines. (5:39)

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The first daily chore for helicopter pilot Dave Oliver was to fly the perimeter of Clark AFB to see where the Filipinos had stolen sections of the fence. His main job was to fly for the survival school, which was using the amazing talents of the local Negritos as an aggressor force. He also had to ferry hot headed generals to and from the golf course. (4:39)