"My father was an RAF pilot and my cousin the skipper of a Lancaster lost over Berlin," he adds.

“我的父亲曾是一名英国皇家空军飞行员，我的堂兄是从柏林上空失踪的兰卡斯特战斗机机长。”他补充道。

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“My father was an RAF pilot and my cousin the skipper of a Lancaster lost over Berlin, ” he adds. So he should know.

有报道称二战时就有一些军机在燃油不足的情况下编队飞行，但利萨曼教授称那些都是杜撰的，他说：“我父亲是皇家空军飞行员，我的堂兄是一架在柏林坠毁的兰喀斯特式飞机的机长”，所以他应该知道。

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Despite the planes' having been hit by more than 200 rounds, though, neither an aircraft nor a pilot has been lost.

尽管出动飞机已经超过200架次，但没有丢失任何一架飞机或飞行员。

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For a few moments, it seemed that the pilot had lost control.

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The flight is believed to have lost an engine mid-air, and the pilot of the plane is reported to have called for emergency landing while making futile, frantic efforts to sustain the aircraft with the remaining functional engine.

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