Jandernoa, Donald, “Jandernoa, Donald (Interview transcript and video), 2006,” Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29060.
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Jandernoa, Donald (Interview transcript and video), 2006
Donald Jandernoa served in the Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. He trained as a B-24 pilot and flew missions for the 15th Air Force, based in Italy, in the later stages of the war. He describes the training process and his combat experiences in detail, including a mission on which he and his crew had to bail out along the Yugoslav coast and were rescued by local villagers. He also discusses the role of the Tuskegee airmen in protecting his unit.