Bill Wheeler, a decorated Tuskegee combat pilot, remembered the joy Horne brought to his fellow African American servicemen during her visits to their Army Air base in Alabama between 1943 and 1945.

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"I've lost a dear friend, just a great guy, " pilot Bill Huete told CNN affiliate WWL-TV.

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Captain John Easson, 49, from Bride, Isle of Man and his co-pilot, Bill Henderson, 54, of Lower Largo, Fife, also died, as did Airtours pilot Colin Finnie, from Irvine, Ayrshire.

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In fact, in funding certain pilot programs the bill explicitly blocked malpractice reforms such as capping non-economic damages.

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