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Two images on top of each other. Both show same tree. Top image shows crashed plane and bottom image shows man standing near crash location.
Top image shows the crash site of SSgt. Robert Mercurio's plane in England in January 1945. The bottom image shows his great nephew Dan Mercurio visiting the crash location more than 70 years later.