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FEATURES
Checkertail Mustang Ace By Jon Guttman As Barrie Davis returned from a July 1944 mission, his crew chief asked, "Did your prop spring a leak, sir?" "That's German oil," he replied.
Women's History
The BentProp Project: Providing Families Of WWII Airmen With Closure By John J. Geoghegan On-site detective work since 1999 by BentProp Project volunteers has led to the discovery of 49 aircraft downed during the Pacific War.
Her Majesty's Bird of Prey By Brick Eisel During the 1950s Hawker Sea Hawks served as the British Royal Navy's first line of defense.
Britain's Sturdy Ace Maker By Robert Guttman While other British units suffered during "Bloody April" of 1917, No. 56 Squadron's new S.E.5s fared conspicuously well.
Triumphant Failure at Sangatte By Stephen H. King Aircraft designer Léon Levavasseur chose an aristocrat to challenge the English Channel in his graceful Antoinette monoplane.
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Mailbag
Briefing By Stephan Wilkinson
Flight Test By Jon Guttman
Milestones
Restored By Dick Smith
Aviators By Derek O'Connor
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Letter From Aviation History
Modeling By Dick Smith
Extremes by William I. Lengeman III
Reviews
Airware By Bernard Dy
Nose Art
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ONLINE EXTRAS
Amelia Earhart
Edward "Mick" Mannock: World War I RAF Ace
George Preddy: Top-Scoring Mustang Ace
DISCUSSION
With some 75,000 American servicemen from World War II still unaccounted for, what role, if any, should the U.S. military play in searching for the remains of those MIAs?
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