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This episode of the Air Force Story covers events in June 1943, including cadet training at Tindal Field; ranked officer selection at the Miami Beach AAF Officer School; and the capitulation of Pantelleria under Allied bombardment during Operation Corkscrew. Note: this historical recording may contain variations in audio and visual quality based on the variations of the original source material.
17) Amelia Earhart
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Amelia Earhart's remarkable aviation career was tragically cut short when Earhart and her navigator went missing over the Nukumanu Islands. Before her disappearance, Earhart's name became a household one, in 1932, when she was the first woman to make a solo-return transcontinental flight. Earhart flew her Lockheed Vega from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry, Ireland, on the fifth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's famous flight. In the remaining...