George Mznette In Unbroken

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In the Novel Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand illustrates the experience of Louie Zamperini. January 8, 1943 On January 8, 1943, George Moznette the so called Super Man's former co pilot, dies in a plane crash. It’s only been two months, and Louie already knows men who have died. More than seventy percent of men killed between November 1, 1942 and May 25, 1945 die in "operational aircraft accidents".Flying the plane is dangerous enough, he is also swarmed with the Japanese fighter planes,.Evasive action is impossible when the bombsight is controlling the plane, this makes a bomber a very dangerous place to be.Also, bombers collide with each other a lot.When a plane goes down, the men have to hope that their air vests, called "Mae Wests" after the

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