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Originally Posted by Benti
ok thats awesome! Please do so, I would like to rescue a few of the pilots. I was wondering anyways how they were able to return to the allied forces. I only found a report about the b 25 which landed in vladivostok and came back via Iran. Were the subs actually part of rescueing and bringing the pilots and crew back to allied controled areas?
benti
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Most of them landed in Chinese territory, with whom they were allied. The two planes that ditched were smuggled to friendly territory by Chinese fishermen. Two planes came down in Japanese-held territory; only 4 of those 10 raiders survived the POW camps to the end of the war
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