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 | Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in news:nlh46h02lb3@drn.newsguy.com:
 
 > In article <XnsA63C91DB56602johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131>, john
 > Szalay says...
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 > Considering the observation that "To send crews out in such a plane
 > against a well-armed, determined foe would have been nothing short of
 > suicidal"...that skull was just as relevant to the well-being of the
 > crew as it was to those they bombed.
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 > ...just sayin'
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 Consider the time period..
 
 btw; the deathshead is still the symbol of the 5th
 
 http://www.minot.af.mil/Units/5th-Bomb-Wing-Units
 
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