A wartime flyer's mid-air miracle: Part 1
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In Black and White
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Len Fuller was just a trainee pilot when his RAAF aircraft collided mid-flight with another plane. But instead of a fiery tragedy, what happened next was front page news. Author and podcaster Michael Adams joins a special Anzac Day edition to tell the tale.
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