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TIL With one working arm, numerous facial wounds, and 8 of his crew dead or critically wounded, B-17 Pilot Lt. William R Lawley managed to fly his crippled plane one-handed all the way back to England, where he made a miraculous landing that saved the lives of all surviving crew members

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