Germans Captured 2 American Pilots — They Squeezed Into a 1-Seat P-51 and Flew Home Together

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At 1447 on August 18th, 1944, Lieutenant Royce Priest watched his squadron commander P-51 Mustang erupt in flames over occupied France. Black smoke pouring from the engine as the crippled fighter dropped toward a wheat field 20 m behind German lines. 21 years old, 2 months of combat, and the man he idolized was about to become a prisoner of war. Th... Read More