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Two gunners and a flight engineer. and all the lads that i were with were all canadians. and really, you did have to look after each other and look after yourselves. and we managed to get through 31 operations in bomber command. as the flight engineer, you had to make sure that mechanically everything on the aircraft worked perfectly. and you had to act as second pilot. at take—off here from leeming, we call a bombing raid over germany and you'd let the bombs go

Bomber, two gunners and flight engineer. and all the lads that i was with were all canadians. and really, you did have to look after each other and look after yourselves. and we managed to get through 31 operations. in bomber command. as the flight engineer, you had to make sure that mechanically everything on the aircraft work perfectly. and we call a bombing raid over germany... let the bombs go from the aircraft and you could see these bombs exploding on german

And you had to act as second pilot. at take—off here from leeming, we call a bombing raid over germany and you'd let the bombs go from the aircraft, and you could see these bombs exploding on german soil. and the number of people being killed. and i used to think about it. you knew it was happening, but you tried to forget it — that you were bombing civilians. it's a funny feeling, you know, to be involved in war, and to be killing people, and knowing you're killing people, and also thinking — not knowing, but thinking that there was a reason

2nd Lt. James Litherland of South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, an Army Air Force pilot killed at the age of 25 during World War II, has been identified

2nd Lt. James Litherland of South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, an Army Air Force pilot killed at the age of 25 during World War II, has been identified