[afraidfortherepublic]

Action: An artist's depiction of the dramatic moment shows Overstreet in his P51 Mustang chasing an ME 109 under the Eiffel Tower in Spring 1944. He was able to shoot the plane down

[USNBandit]

Evidently, in an arena where fractions of a second count, this was an exceptionally long duel. The kind of guts and stamina it would take to fight that long is incredible.

The gentleman that just died was from Clifton Forge, VA, a small rural town.

[painter]

The German pilot was pretty good too. Just not good enough.

[andyk]

WOW! Thanks for the post :)

[Hot Tabasco]

It should be noted that Mr. Overstreet was actually the second person to ever fly under the tower, but the only one who lived to tell about it........

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

That is one of my current PC desktop pictures. I just had no clue it was based on a historcal event.

That’s wonderful to know. Now I have a name and event to go with the picture.