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Clarence Emil “Bud” Anderson, a triple ace during WW2, received his baptism by fire on February 5th 1944 during his first mission, when he spotted a Messerschmitt Bf 109 in the midst of attacking a wounded B-17 Flying Fortress high...
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. May 6th - 1937, at 7:25 p.m. local time, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located...
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On May 5, 1983, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, registration N334EA, operating as Eastern Air Lines Flight 855 departed Miami International Airport at 08:56 on a short flight to Nassau International Airport in the Bahamas carrying 162 passengers and 10 crew...
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Walter Marty Schirra Jr. was born on March 12th, 1923. Schirra received his wings in 1948 and joined Fighter Squadron 71 (VF-71) at Quonset Point, Rhode Island where he flew the F8F Bearcat, F-80 Shooting Star, and F9F Panther fighter...
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April 28, 1988; Flight 243, a Boeing 737-200, departed from Hilo International Airport, at 13:25 HST, bound for Honolulu, with five crew members and 90 passengers on board. After the 737 had reached its cruising altitude of 24,000 feet, at...
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