Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin. In this new book, bestselling author Scott McGaugh distills war down to individual young men climbing into defenseless gliders covered with reinforced fabric, ready to trust the towing aircraft that would pull them into enemy territory by a single cable less than one-inch wide.
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