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Audie Murphy's Last Flight: How a Fog Bank Killed a Legend
Audie Murphy's Last Flight: How a Fog Bank Killed a Legend
A decorated war hero who survived Sicily, Anzio, and a burning tank destroyer died not on a battlefield but when his Aero Commander six-eighty flew into a mountain in zero visibility; the pilot held no instrument rating and six people on board were killed - so how did a man who survived so much perish in a Virginia fog bank? What did the wreckage reveal, and what crucial questions remain about that final flight?
In this episode, we tell the life story of Audie Leon Murphy alongside the facts of the crash that ended his life and the…
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