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9wnAQ TIL the only civilian aircraft authorized to fly in and around New York City on September 12, 2001 was a single engine Cessna Skyhawk, tail number N9344L, used to perform aerial photography of the area.
QNWG6 TIL: As many as a quarter million Chinese citizens were executed by Japanese forces as retaliation for helping the pilots that crashed landed during the Doolittle raid.
N7RRb TIL about the tragic story of the The Flying Dutchman. A C-47 airplane, nicknamed The Flying Dutchman, was hit by a strong down draft of wind in New Guinea causing it to crash. The occupants who had survived carved daily entries on the door for those who would eventually find them.