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A Rescue Mission Gone Wrong
Norman Crockatt is not a well-known name, but the British intelligence officer was responsible for one of the most controversial decisions of World War II. When the War Office in London created Military Intelligence Section 9 (MI9) on December 23, 19
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Lightning Strikes
IF YOU ASK ME, World War II’s coolest airplane is the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. It looks like something a kid might have doodled in a notebook while daydreaming in class. I became enthralled with the airplane in junior high when I read a book by Marti
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Strangers On A Plane
AT DUSK ON FEBRUA RY 22, 1943, Pan American Airways’ Yankee Clipper began its long descent to the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal. A few moments later, as raindrops pelted the windscreen and lightning lit up the sky, the tip of the left wing caught t

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