When This 'Knee-High' Plane Charged Germans — Nobody Believed What Happened Next

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When This 'Knee-High' Plane Charged Germans — Nobody Believed What Happened Next

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At 9:42 on the morning of April 11th, 1945, First Lieutenant Merritt Dwayne Francies banked his Piper L4H Grasshopper over a muddy road near Dannenburgg, Germany, watching a German motorcycle with sidecar racing east through the trees below. 24 years old, 142 combat missions, zero air-to-air kills. The fifth armored division had pushed within 48 mi... Read More

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