8 April 1945 This Day in Aviation
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Masters of the Air' Nails Many Details, Misses Context
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The Most Expensive American Planes of World War II - 24/7 Wall St.
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Last American Aerial Victory in Europe
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Top 10 Most-Produced Commercial Aircraft Types
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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: Stories from a WWII Pilot
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Strategic bombing during World War II
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North American B-25 Mitchell - Wikipedia
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Colorized B-24M 44-50838 Red bow shot down by me 262 A-1 R4M
1945 Chance-Vought F4U-4 Corsair - N6667
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8 April 1945 This Day in Aviation
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The real story behind the Lancaster in the Canadian Aviation and
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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
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4 April 1945 This Day in Aviation
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Daylight Precision Bombing: Dangerous Doctrine of the Eighth Air
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8 April 1945 This Day in Aviation