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God is My Co-pilot (English)
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The Autobiography of a U.S. Pilot in World War II (English)
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1943
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Even the angels in heaven must have shrugged their wings after the few seconds of my first flight. (English)
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I pulled almost straight up in the steep climb that I like to make before diving home, and looked into the vivid blue of the Yunnan skies. Some verses were running through my thoughts. Against the drumming of the engine I heard my own voice repeating the words of another fighter pilot, John Magee, who had died with the RAF in the battle of Britain. (English)
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