When 250 well armed and trained rebel tribesmen attacked the small SAS outpost at Mirbat few would have given good odds on their survival
with the Boeing B-29 project facing development problems
A bomb from a Nakajima B5N Kate high-altitude bomber penetrated the ship's armor plated deck and exploded in the forward magazine
The joint sixth top-scoring American Ace of WW2
First Lieutenant Joseph Black
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