AZTEC EAGLES ONCE SOARED THE SKIES - Some Mexican pilots of Escuardon 201 trained at Foster Field in 1944 - Texas

“When the three Wings of Freedom World War II bombers land this Wednesday at what used to be called Foster Field, now Victoria Regional Airport, local Hispanics wish that another plane were among them.

A P47D fighter.

That single-engine Republic Thunderbolt - the Army Air Corps considered it one of the toughest fighter planes ever made - has a diplomatic significance because it represents an example of international cooperation between the United States and Mexico during World War II.”

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