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A history of the British WWII pilots who learned to fight Nazis in Arizona

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 - by News Director

TweetPinSharePhoto courtesy of Falcon Field: Falcon Field in east Mesa originally was to be named Thunderbird 2. But British officials weren’t familiar with the mythical thunderbird of the American Southwest, …

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