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War diary of a Los Angeles airman captured in Europe
An American airman recounts a fierce dogfight over enemy lines, his serendipitous survival after a spinning nose dive, and capture. He describes a grim German hospital, the shock of learning his status as a prisoner, and exchanges with German officers including a San Francisco acquaintance whom he befriended despite being enemies.
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Immelman
Red Cross
America
KR. F.C
Germany
London
Dhim
Flying Corps
Tie
California
San Francisco
Tolmardly
South America
Montevideau
New York
England
Holland
Strait of Gibraltar
Italy
Austrian
Gibraltar
K. the Hun
Fingland
Ingland
Republic
Courtrai