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On 18 May 1944, Sergeant Pilot Frans Brogtrop boards a Grumman F6F Hellcat. During a night formation training flight, things go terribly wrong.

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On 18 May 1944, Sergeant Pilot Frans Brogtrop boards a Grumman F6F Hellcat. During a night formation training flight, things go terribly wrong. Brogtrop’s aircraft collides with another Hellcat. Miep Brogtrop, Frans’ wife who herself endures the ordeal of a Japanese camp, cannot accept this harsh reality.

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