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![75 years after his last mission, WWII bomber pilot recounts 'sheer terror' of bombing runs over Nazi Germany 75 years after his last mission, WWII bomber pilot recounts 'sheer terror' of bombing runs over Nazi Germany](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/2VXlLX3NZUTELQBGXKrl_za5EPg=/1024x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/CHV2IA6CGNDRTP73BBHAA2YAGA.jpg)
75 years after his last mission, WWII bomber pilot recounts 'sheer terror' of bombing runs over Nazi Germany
![Mark Nickerson, a B-25 Mitchell bomber pilot, stands on the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force flightline with a B-25, wearing 50 pounds of vintage World War II aerial gunner gear. Mark Nickerson, a B-25 Mitchell bomber pilot, stands on the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force flightline with a B-25, wearing 50 pounds of vintage World War II aerial gunner gear.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/FFGX71/mark-nickerson-a-b-25-mitchell-bomber-pilot-stands-on-the-national-FFGX71.jpg)
Mark Nickerson, a B-25 Mitchell bomber pilot, stands on the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force flightline with a B-25, wearing 50 pounds of vintage World War II aerial gunner gear.
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