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This file appears in: Midair Collision of P-47 "Thunderbolt" Fighter Planes, 1944
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This file appears in: Midair Collision of P-47 "Thunderbolt" Fighter Planes, 1944

By The Explore Nebraska History team
At 10:45 a.m. on February 5, 1944, 1st Lt. John B. Beatty of Sandusky, OH, and 2d Lt. Earnest W. Fanslau of Mantua, NJ took to the air from the Ainsworth Army Air Field in two P-47 "Thunderbolt" fighter planes for an instrument training…