B-29 Bomber Pilot in WWII

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

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4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Charles L. Phillips was a 26-year-old Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps, piloting B-29 bombers in the Pacific theater during the final years of WWII. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroics during the strategic bombing campaign over Japan. We interviewed Charles Phillips in 1991 and he told us remarkable stories, from his early training in Texas, to the firebombing of Tokyo in 1945. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:39.3	Charles L. Phillips was a 26-year-old captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps, pottoning B-29 bombers in the Pacific Theater during the final years of World War II.
1:45.4	He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
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