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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John Ellsworth Wymond...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The University Counts Its Dead of the Second World War | 4/9/1946 | See Source »

Flat-Tired Take-Off. Major Gilbert Wymond, a Thunderbolt pilot from Kentucky, tried the unheard-of stunt of loading his P47 with two 1,000-lb, bombs. The load squashed his fully inflated tires nearly flat on the takeoff, but he staggered into the air. Since then P47 pilots have lugged two 1,000-pounders as a matter of routine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ITALY: Operation Strangle | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

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