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Bomber Camp

Plane and Pilot

For ferry flights, two 410-gallon tanks could be installed in the bomb bay, giving the bomber a 3,400-mile range. Flying for merely a few hours in light to moderate turbulence made me appreciate the pilots that wrestled these machines for more than eight hours while keeping their assigned position in formation.

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