Aviation Cadet Erwin D. Wissenback is 23 years old, shy and serious. He looks like hundreds of other cadets learning the combat flyer's trade at Miami Beach. But Cadet Wissenback is different. He has already had an unusual military career. He holds the Air Medal and the Purple Heart, and when Germany is knocked out (but not before) he will be able to tell one of the strangest stories of World War II.
On Oct. 9, 1942, over occupied Europe, Sergeant Gunner Wissenback's Flying, Fortress went into a flat spin. Pilot and copilot had been killed. Wissenback just managed to bail out...
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