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Don Scott

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Don Scott's fateful mission started out badly for him at his radio operator's position. As soon as the B-17 was aloft, his first duty was to power up the classified identification unit, which had a self destruct charge. The charge went off causing a minor fire. They pressed on to the target and successfully dropped their payload and then came the flak. Part 1 of 3. (10:57)

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Two engines were out, a third smoking, and they were were losing airspeed and altitude, but they were flying level and pointed home. Then time ran out for the B-17 and Don Scott had to slip down the hatch into the slipstream. Part 2 of 3. (11:28)

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The interrogator was very cordial at first, says Don Scott, who had just bailed out of a doomed B-17. The pleasantries turned to threats, but they soon gave up on him and it was off to a camp. Part 3 of 3. (4:02)

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After the interrogation, Don Scott never saw his crew mates again. In fact, when he got to the Stalag, he was assigned to a barracks full of British prisoners. He became very good friends with the British and way too familiar with potatoes, and black bread. (7:19)

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The war was nearly over but the Russian Army was approaching from the East, so Don Scott and the rest of the POW's from Stalag Luft 4 had to hit the road on a forced march. He wasn't doing too bad until his British hobnail boots rubbed his heels raw on the cobblestones. They healed while time ran out for the Germans. (10:45)

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Don Scott explains why he celebrates the second day of May every year. It was that day in 1945 when British soldiers found him on the road in a forced march of Allied prisoners. The guards had fled and soon there were happy men walking west toward relief. (7:33)

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B-17 crew member Don Scott had to bail out of his plane and spent time in a German POW camp. He displays some of the objects from his internment and other memorabilia. (3:53)

Don Ware

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Don Ware explains the details of flight missions operated in the Red River Valley during the Vietnam War. He then recalls a flight in which he led four F-105s on a mission to blow up a bridge on the Red River, and had to engage in several improvisational efforts to complete the mission and get home. (5:32)

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Don Ware recounts a mission in which his flight leader, Dave Hatcher, was shot down by enemy fire. (5:41)

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Don Ware recalls training at Ajo Range, specifically, his first practice bombing mission. (2:53)