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Here is a non-spoiler as it is not in the film but really happened: A B-17 was shot up and was struggling to stay air-borne. Saw an allied air base and crash landed on it. All ten crewmen got out and got the shock of their lives. They had landed on a Red Tail base and it was the first time they learned that they were Black. They stayed with them for 3-4 days-sleeping and eating with them. All the crew seemed to have gotten along well with the Airmen. Seems as if all did but for one Officer. During a standard mail review, his letter home was read. Within it he was begging his wife's forgiveness for living with and eating with Black men. He hoped that she would find it in her heart to take him back.
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