A U.S. Army B-24 bomber on a routine training flight from Texas crashed into a large gas tank on the outskirts of Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 12 onboard on May 20, 1943. (ACME photo) On May 20, 1943, a B-24 bomber of the 1014th Pilot Transition Training Squadron took off from an Army airfield in Texas and headed to Chicago. It was a miserable day for flying, let alone teaching student pilots. Rain and fog unceasingly accompanied the plane, which had to be flown by instrument. The bomber’s crew was fated to be among the estimated total of...