Our Mary: A P-47 Thunderbolt Story - Part 1
20th century
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22m
relive some of the most intense air combat missions of World War II - told from the perspective of 9th Air Force fighter pilot Lt. Ed Cottrell, and his P-47 Thunderbolt "Our Mary".
In this episode, Ed trains to fight the advancing German army in Europe, and experiences his brutal baptism by fire as he attempts to bomb enemy ground units in 1944.
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