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The Wellington remained as first-line equipment when
  the war ended, although it had been increasingly
  relegated to secondary roles. The Wellington was one
  of two bombers named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st
  Duke of Wellington, the other being the Vickers
  Wellesley.
















                       Did You Know                                          Movie Pick of the Month


  Michel Lotito holds the world record for eating an entire                   Combat America (Part IV)
  aircraft. In 1990's, he spent two years eating a Cessna 150.                  1945 By U.S. Army Air Forces
  Lotito wasted nothing on his plate; he consumed everything
  from the upholstered leather seats and the tyres.










  A surgeon performed an operation on a plane using a coat
                                                                 Follows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st
  hanger sterilized with brandy after a passenger started
  complaining of chest pain. Angus Wallace assessed the          Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a
                                                                 Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
  women and teremined that she was most likely suffering
                                                                 It tells the story of the crews and the gunners, showing
  from tension pneumothorax. He used part of a coat hanger
                                                                 how they live, how they fight, and how they rest.
  sterilized with brandy to insert a tube into her chest cavity.
                                                                 Produced at the command of General Henry H. Arnold,
                                                                 Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, as an
                                                                 orientation film for gunners training to serve in the
                                                                 European theater of operations.
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