Downed by lightning eight decades ago, a US airman is finally coming home

Downed by lightning eight decades ago, a US airman is finally coming home
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By Brad Lendon, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — More than 80 years after he took off from an airfield in China, a US Army Air Force pilot is going home. The route back to the United States for 1st Lt. Franklin McKinney has been long and paved by the term paper of a US Air Force Academy cadet; the fr...