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Video: B-24 Bomber Flies into JWA

A Newport Beach resident and former B-17 pilot recounts his experience of being shot down during World War II.

Ramona Patch editor Julie Pendray was on board the world's only airworthy B-24J Liberator, a World War II-era heavy bomber, as it flew from Ramona Airport to John Wayne Airport earlier this month as part of the Wings of Freedom tour.

Pendray with this video (follow the link to read her story). About one minute, 25 seconds into the video, Newport Beach resident Harry Selling, who flew a B-17 during the war, talks about when he was shot down and was the only survivor of his crew.

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