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Memories of the September 21, 1944 air raid by Carr Hooper

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  • two, three, four, as fast as I can count. Fifty [six] at an altitude of 10,000-12,000 feet. Tier on tier of dark planes [against] a [light but] solid cloud bank. Then, no, they’re not flying the regular Japonese figure V formation. They are one over the other the top of one slightly over lapping the other. They pass directly overhead there, [those] lower ones have clipped wings, ship board! American planes! Look! Look! Look! These come from the [North] of all [places]. There’s no alarm. There’s no
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