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United States Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Frank T Lusic, air gunner of the 8th Army Air Force, adjusts his Mae West life preserver as he prepares for a combat mission in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress from an airbase in England in May 1943. (Photo by James Jarche/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

United States Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Frank T Lusic, air gunner of the 8th Army Air Force, adjusts his Mae West life preserver as he prepares for a combat mission in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress from an airbase in England in May 1943. (Photo by James Jarche/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)