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What happens when eight .50 caliber machine guns loaded with incendiary rounds that burn at 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit meet a German fighter plane's fuel tanks at 20,000 feet?

In this video, we follow the harrowing true story of Captain James "Tex" Morrison, a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot shot down over Nazi-occupied France in 1944. Through his incredible journey of survival—from a deadly dogfight with a German ace to his escape through the French Resistance network—we discover why the Luftwaffe's initial mockery of the "Jug" turned to fear once they experienced the devastating effectiveness of its incendiary ammunition. This gripping account reveals the brutal reality of aerial combat and the price paid by the young men who flew these seven-ton fighters in the skies over Europe.

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