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A World War II fighter pilot is reminiscing before school children about his war experiences. "In 1942," he says, "the situation was really tough. The Germans had a very strong air force. I remember," he continues, "one day I was protecting the bombers and suddenly, out of the clouds, these fokkers appeared."
Several of the children begin to giggle.
"I looked up, and realized that two of the fokkers were directly above me. I aimed at the first one and shot him down. By then, though, the other fokker was right on my tail."
At this point, the girls in the auditorium are now all giggling and the boys are laughing out loud. The children's teacher stands up and says, "I think I should point out that 'Fokker' was the name of a German-Dutch aircraft company, one which made many of the fighter planes used by the Axis powers during the war."
"Yes, that's true," says the pilot, "but these fokkers were flying Messerschmitts."
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