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... pilot . In short order the fighter pilots found another role , strafing ground targets and attacking Japanese aircraft wherever they could be found . On the second of these missions ( 19 April ) , the two fighter groups claimed eighteen ...
... pilot . In short order the fighter pilots found another role , strafing ground targets and attacking Japanese aircraft wherever they could be found . On the second of these missions ( 19 April ) , the two fighter groups claimed eighteen ...
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... pilots out of combat after fourteen or fifteen long - range missions . As one official document made clear , " the tour of duty for fighter pilots constitute [ d ] a serious problem because of physiological and psychological factors ...
... pilots out of combat after fourteen or fifteen long - range missions . As one official document made clear , " the tour of duty for fighter pilots constitute [ d ] a serious problem because of physiological and psychological factors ...
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... pilots , do not wish to believe that their aircraft are dan- gerous . When an aircraft accident occurs , they tend to believe that pilot error was involved : " Joe killed himself , " not " the plane killed Joe . " See Tom Wolfe , The ...
... pilots , do not wish to believe that their aircraft are dan- gerous . When an aircraft accident occurs , they tend to believe that pilot error was involved : " Joe killed himself , " not " the plane killed Joe . " See Tom Wolfe , The ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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