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Bomber Camp

Plane and Pilot

They battled German Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs, anti-aircraft artillery (flak), aircraft malfunctions, and frigid temperaturesflying in formations of hundreds while navigating through bad weather to their targets deep in enemy territory. On descent, manifold pressures are reduced about 2 inches every two minutes.

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