Cool article; thanks, Bot! When I was in Fairbanks a few years ago, I went to the aviation museum there. They have several pieces of aircraft wreckage, much of which was headed for Russia during WWII. Many of the pilots who shuttled the Aircobras to Russia were female; fascinating stuff!

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