Dawson County woman shares father’s incredible story of surviving plane crash as World War II pilot and the surprising update she got eight decades later - Dawson County News

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Dawson County woman shares father’s incredible story of surviving plane crash as World War II pilot and the surprising update she got eight decades later

Dawson County woman Sandee Crockett proudly displays her father, Denver Mac “Tony” Porter’s portrait. Porter was a captain in the then-U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. - photo by Julia Hansen

0923 WW2 VETERAN 1 — Dawson County woman Sandee Crockett proudly displays her father, Denver Mac “Tony” Porter’s portrait. Porter was a captain in the then-U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. - photo by Julia Hansen

Eight decades after her father crashed his plane during a World War II military mission, this Dawson County woman got a call. A French family wanted to return parts of her dad’s plane.

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