“Abort Mission!” — This Rookie Mistake Became the Nazis’ Worst Nightmare

Описание: October 12, 1944. 14,000 feet over the Hürtgen Forest. Second Lieutenant David "Deacon" Miller is flying "Tail-End Charlie," the most vulnerable position in the squadron. He is twenty years old, soaked in sweat, and flying a P-51D Mustang named Sunday Punch. He has ten hours of combat time. He has never fired his guns in anger.

When four Focke-Wulf 190s dive out of the sun, Miller’s training evaporates. Panic takes the controls. In a desperate bid to shed weight and run, he reaches for the drop-tank release—but his shaking hand grabs the wrong lever.

He doesn't drop the fuel. He drops the landing gear. At 400 miles per hour.

The result is an aerodynamic catastrophe. The Mustang hits a wall of air, decelerating so violently it nearly tears the wings off. But what should have been a suicide move turns into a miracle. The German ace behind him, relying on the math of high-speed interception, is forced into a deadly overshoot.

This is the incredible true story of the "Miller Brake"—how a terrifying rookie mistake defied the manual and evolved into a psychological weapon. It is a story of how an accidental "air anchor" became the only answer to the Luftwaffe’s terrifying new Me-262 jets. From the panic of a dogfight to the physics of drag, discover how one pilot proved that sometimes, the only way to survive the future is to stop in mid-air.

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