Biography of William Francis Mooney
Tail Gunner
written by his son in 2004
My father, William Francis Mooney, was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on September 27, 1918. His father-also named William F. Mooney--was a beef trader who bought and sold cattle at the Chicago Stockyards...

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Biography of William Hulett
Left Waist Gunner
written by his wife in 2004
July 4, 1943, my husband-W.O. Hulett, volunteered to fly a mission, I understand it was his 25th mission and he wanted to complete it so he could come back to the United States and train to be a fighter pilot...

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Biographie de Ralph McKee

Biography of Ralph McKee On the occasion of his 90th birthday, his daughters Dianne and Helen recounted Ralph's birth on September 19, 1921, on a farm in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. With the economic crisis of 1929 and a hurricane in 1933, life there was tough. But his mother encouraged him to work at school for a better future. He became valedictorian of his school. The first exceptional event that Ralph McKee remembered from his childhood was the feat of Charles Lindberg. This American was the first pilot to fly from New York to Paris, non-stop and solo in 1927. Ralph was only 6 years old then, but that's where his passion for aviation was born! Until the age of 80, Ralph McKee flew planes and gliders. In 2011, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph McKee received one last medal, that of the Legion of Honor, presented by the French consul in St. Petersburg. (Florida)

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