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Aftermath & Lessons Learned

Just about 11 months after Ship-2 crashed, then Maj. Dick Reynolds returned to the air.

The aircraft was a DeHavilland Beaver, and the invitation to fly it came from Col. Jimmy Doolittle III, the grandson of the famous Army Air Corps/USAF pilot who led the renowned one-way raid

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