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Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson | 332nd Fighter Group, 301st Fighter Squadron - Army Air Corps

10:35   |   Alexander Jefferson had flown nearly every day since he arrived in Europe. The casualty rate among airmen was statistically very high, and the P-51 he flew didn't have the survival functionality we might expect on an aircraft today. So when he was shot down after his 18th mission, it was a miracle he survived, but what came after would be equally worrying.

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