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October 14, 1943, would be known as “Black
Thursday” in U.S. Army Air Forces folklore. Before
the day was over, more than 600 airmen were killed
or captured, and the future of America’s daylight
bomber offensive was in doubt.COLD WARRIOR
Like Lockheed’s P2V Neptune, the Martin P4M
Mercator was built to fulfill the U.S. Navy’s
requirement for a long-range maritime patrol
bomber. And like the Neptune, it was later
modified into an electronic reconnaissance
aircraft, the P4M-1Q, for Cold War service.CORNFIELD BOMBER
When 1st Lt. Gary Foust’s Convair F-106A fell into a
flat spin on February 2, 1970, he ejected at 15,
feet. His Delta Dart was not done flying, however,
and proceeded to recover and gently land itself in
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