William Overstreet Jr.

William Overstreet Jr.

In the spring of 1944, a pilot named William Overstreet Jr. flew his P-51 Mustang underneath the arches of the Eiffel Tower in pursuit of a German fighter, shooting down the plane and raising morale of French resistance fighters.

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