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To prove that they were Americans.

Crews sent on spying missions are often sanitized. ( all dog tags / identification and insignia and call signs are removed. The Chinese military had to determine the country of origin of the captured crew.
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On October 27, 1939, the US “Cash and Carry” law was signed allowing those nations at war with Germany to buy military equipment in the US so long as they took responsibility for having the equipment shipped from the US. On that day, the US aircraft industry received $220 million in new orders from abroad. Some of the new airplanes were flown by US pilots to the American side of the Canadian border and then dragged across the border by Canadian mules.
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The Red Baron wasn't particularly patriotic - he just wanted to fly. He applied to both the German Army Air Service and the British Royal Air Force.
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