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The Chocolate-Eating Tank That Survived Four Direct Hits
The Sherman tank nicknamed "Wot the Hell" β used by the British 9th Royal Tank Regiment during the North African campaign β had a particularly unusual piece of battlefield salvage: a piece of dark chocolate that had some...
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The B-17 That Flew with a Decommissioned Turret
During a raid on the PloieΘti oil refineries in Romania on August 1, 1943 (Operation Tidal Wave), a B-17 named "Old 666" lost its ball turret gunner when the turret's hydraulic fluid ignited. The gunner, Sergeant John J....