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The Navigator’s Letter
The True Story of Two WWII Airmen, a Doomed Mission, and the Woman Who Bound Them Together
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One of the riskiest air raids of World War II occurred on August 1, 1943, over the Ploesti oil fields in Romania. In a mission not familiar to many, the Allies planned to destroy Hitler’s fuel source and thus shorten the war. But it did not go to plan—with 53 aircraft and 660 crewmen lost, it was the war’s costliest air raid for the Allies.
This true story is a tale of uncanny coincidences: two friends connected by one woman, both from the same small Illinois town. Both joined the Air Corps, both became navigators, both flew B-24s, and both of their planes were forced down over Ploesti. But only one returned.
This true story is a tale of uncanny coincidences: two friends connected by one woman, both from the same small Illinois town. Both joined the Air Corps, both became navigators, both flew B-24s, and both of their planes were forced down over Ploesti. But only one returned.
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