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1.87sIt was 1944.
5.94sI was a young Air Force pilot assigned as part of an escort for a bombing raid over southern Germany,
2.49swhen we encountered the Luftwaffe.
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7.04sAt first we thought we were in the clear because the Germans were frightened by the scary shark face on the front of our plane.
1.17s(SCREAMS) A shark!
2.23sHow did it get all the way up here in the sky?
2.87sWho cares, you fool? Do you want to get eaten? Retreat!
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4.39sBut there was one stubborn pilot who saw through our disguise.
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4.74sMost of the surviving American pilots were taken to POW camps,
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