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Dr. Jonathan Swift | 303rd Bomb Group (Hell's Angels), 358th Squadron, 8th Air Force - Army Air Corps

3:35   |   Jonathan Swift describes the numerous layers of clothing he and his squad wore when up in the air. The freezing temperatures at that altitude made using the relief tube nearly impossible. Swift's comrade Bill Bason (a navigator in a different squad) was confronted with a frozen escape hatch when his plane was coming down.

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