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Archive Home > 2005 > May > 06 > Emergency landing doesn't faze World War II navigator

Emergency landing doesn't faze World War II navigator

By Cindy Powers / The Bulletin
May 6, 2005

When Harold Welborn realized he was going to have to make an emergency landing of his two-seater plane on Highway 20 on Tuesday, the 81-year-old was far from panicked.

Compared with the 35 missions he flew in B-24 bombers during World War II as a navigator and gunman, the level of danger seemed....

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