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Episode #601 of Hometown Heroes, airing November 7-11, 2019, marks Veterans Day with a look at what three young American flyers were dealing with 75 years ago. Bombardier Dean Whitaker, pilot Al Porta, and tail gunner Frank Kravetz were all trying to adjust to the uncertain existence of a prisoner of war, after they were all shot down on a fateful bombing mission to Merseberg, Germany on November 2, 1944.

A taste of how thick the flak over Merseberg was on November 2, 1944.