In the 3rd story (Without a Parachute) you will meet navigator Art Frechette and the rest of the crew of a B-17 flown by Lieutenant Lyle Pearson. Pearson was piloting his "last mission" before being eligible for rotation back to the United States when his Fortress was hit by German flak over the Italian Alps.  On the following pages are the final moments of the doomed American bomber...

               

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